The Party’s Over, Now For A Launch Party

Joe wants to know if the Jubilee is over. He wants to get back to the serious business of making money, and the Lazy Luncheonette has plenty of hungry truckers and shoppers all demanding food and drink at modest (Joe’s choice of word, not mine) prices.

“It’s all right you lot partying but it costs me a small fortune in lost trade,” he complained when I asked. “I had to close most of Monday and Tuesday, meaning I’m down three hundred breakfasts and a coupla hundred dinners. And did the street party organisers come to the Lazy Luncheonette for their sausage rolls? They did not. What with the price of bunting, I’m severely out of pocket on this deal.”

His angst is not all due to the Jubilee, as Sheila explained over a cup of Lazy Luncheonette tea.

“The account of The Filey Connection is out there, holding its own, and the story of that business at Gibraltar Hall, The I-Spy Murders, comes out on the 28th of this month. It was a stressful time and I think the launch is giving Joe nightmares. There was a danger the killer could have targeted him, you know.”

Turning to Joe’s other assistant (he uses the word antagonist) Brenda, I said, “you were a contestant on I-Spy. What exactly happened?”

“Sorry, but I never kiss and tell,” Brenda replied with a cheeky wink. “But if you watch the trailer, you’ll get a few hints.”

 

After watching the trailer, I finished my tea and commented, “That looks intriguing. And it’s launched on the 28th?”

“Assuming I haven’t been bankrupted by then, yes,” Joe called from the kitchen.

At that, I put on my hat and coat and left.

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The Filey Connection is available for the Kindle from Amazon UK and Amazon Worldwide and in all formats from Smashwords.

The I-Spy Murders, the second Sanford 3rd Age Club Mystery from Crooked Cat Books is launched in all e-formats on June 28th.