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Ice Scream You Scream: Caesar's Creek Cozy Mystery Series, #4
Ice Scream You Scream: Caesar's Creek Cozy Mystery Series, #4
Ice Scream You Scream: Caesar's Creek Cozy Mystery Series, #4
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Ice Scream You Scream: Caesar's Creek Cozy Mystery Series, #4

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t’s Halloween in Caesars Creek and Tara and her buddies get more than treats when they clean the building next door to the Frozen Scoop ice cream shoppe. One surprise has pointy ears and a tail, while the other revelation isn’t as cuddly. In fact, it’s downright ghoulish.  

Join the crew for another mystery tale that also includes Tara wrestling with her feelings for Brandon. This story includes macabre goodies including visions of Cherry Jubilee and Mocha Almond ice cream. 

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Release dateAug 10, 2016
ISBN9781536516524
Ice Scream You Scream: Caesar's Creek Cozy Mystery Series, #4
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Constance Barker

Constance Barker lives in the Midwest with her husband and two Akitas where she can look out from her screened porch onto a wooded area brimming with activity. Since she was a young girl she read mysteries, often given to her by her grandmother. She loved figuring out who the culprit was and sometimes she was right and other times startled at who the author picked as the assailant. Now she enjoys writing mysteries herself. When she isn't writing stories, she can be found in her favorite vacation spot, Las Vegas or shopping for bargains.

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    Ice Scream You Scream - Constance Barker

    I’m not a big fan of Halloween, although I do enjoy dressing up. Stormi’s the same way; she loves the costumes, but not the gory stuff normally associated with it. However, Paige and her husband Bruce love the whole ball of wax including gruesome attire, orange and black decorations, and seeing the kiddoes all dressed up. I admit, I love watching the little ones as well, and give out ice cream cones on what we call ‘beggar’s night’ here in Caesars Creek, Georgia. But this Halloween would be different from the others in many ways.

    Several weeks before Halloween, Bruce decided he was tired of traveling for business. He missed his wife and daughter and wanted to hang out his own shingle instead of working hard for someone else. He was also weary of the technological field. Fortunately, he also had a finance major, allowing him the ability to help others with financial planning. All he needed was an office where he could meet with clients.

    The building next to mine had been vacant for years. The owner lived out of state and didn’t seem to care that it wasn’t rented. Bruce thought it might be the perfect setup for his new venture, but it would need a lot of cleanup work. That day he and Paige sat at one of the tables enjoying their cherry jubilee and java mocha cones as they laid out their plans to Stormi and me.

    I’ve got a call into the owner of the building regarding a lease and fixing up the place, Bruce said as he took another lick of his cherry jubilee.

    Stormi emptied the trash from the barrel sitting in a corner of the store. I have a feeling you’ll be over here every chance you get.

    Bruce grinned. You got that right girlfriend. Stormi snickered.

    Bruce stood up and grabbed a napkin from the holder on the counter. I’m hoping to get the lease payment down if I clean and fix up the place. I looked through the front window and it definitely has some issues.

    Paige crunched into her sugar cone. I don’t care how many issues it has, if this keeps you home I’ll scour the place with my own two hands.

    Hopefully I can have professionals clean it up, Bruce replied as he wiped his mouth with the napkin and threw it into the trashcan. But maybe you girls can look the place over for me during my last business trip...that is if I get the place.

    At that moment, his phone rang. It’s him. Bruce walked to the corner of the shoppe to take his call.

    I turned to Paige. I bet you’re excited about him being home more.

    Paige stood up from the table as she watched Bruce talking on the phone. You know it. But I don’t want to get too excited in case this falls through.

    Stormi watered the potted plants dotted around the shoppe. Even if this falls through couldn’t he find another place to lease?

    I suppose, Paige answered. But he wants to be in town, and those other places in the strip malls are too expensive to rent. He’s hoping he can get this one cheap, clean it up with little hassle, and get going on building his client list. Plus I’d like him to be home this year when I decorate for our annual Halloween party. Every year he’s gone on a business trip right before the party and then comes home the day of and all he has to do is jump into his costume.

    Stormi grimaced. Yeah, and every year Tara and I have to come over and help with all the creepy crawly decorations. I hope you got rid of the skull with the chattering teeth, otherwise I’m going to knock a couple teeth out of its head.

    Every year Paige and Bruce have a Halloween party and every year we help with the decorating and the menu, which would of course include gooey oddities like, eyeball meatballs or spaghetti brains. It wasn’t that we didn’t enjoy helping out, but Stormi and I are a bit squeamish when it comes to anything Halloween.

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