While looking for the perfect outfit in the attic...
Hold on here. After two years there's still stuff in the attic that Annie knows nothing about?
Apparently so. Anyway, she, good buddy Alice, and Peggy (who can be a bossy witch sometimes as we found out from the last book but isn't one in this one) go up to the attic to see if they can find some formal gowns to wear to the party. And they do. And they fit perfectly. Of course.
And they also find some costume jewelry. Emeralds in fact. Fake ones of course. A necklace, earrings, hair comb and a brooch.
Mary Beth has also given them a challenge - that Mary Beth just can't leave them alone to do their crafts. Nope, they've always got to be working on something to give to charity. In this case, it's masquerade masks that need to be gussied up for an auction.
So Annie uses some of the emeralds from the broken earring for her mask. And on the night of the party when Ian Butler picks her up - they're dating but not dating, as in "friends". As in no kiss goodnight - Annie just can't figure out what to do with her hair, she puts in the emerald comb.
But of course, strange things are going to happen because this is a mystery series. Why on earth are rich people vying for and stealing her fake emeralds?
And her house gets broken into again! This has happened in several books now. You would think she would get a series of new locks and an alarm system attached to her phone with all these people breaking in and leaving a mess that she has to clean up.
Another fun book in the series.
*****
Jan Fields
No comments:
Post a Comment