Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 128, No. 6. Whole No. 784, December 2006

Нэнси Пикард, Билл Пронзини, Эдвард Д. Хох, Кларк Ховард, Meredith Anthony, Stefan Slupetzky, Джеймс Пауэлл, Anke Gebert, Paul Lascaux, Buzz Mauro, Eddie Newton, Thomas Przybilka, Christoph Spielberg, Jeff Williamson, Ричард Лифка

Серия: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, книга 784

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Nancy Pickard’s recent EQMM stories are making a splash! “There Is No Crime on Easter Island” (9-10/’05) is currently nominated for three awards for best short story: the Macavity, from Mystery Readers International; Deadly Pleasures magazine’s Barry Award; and the Bouchercon Convention’s Anthony Award. “The Book of Truth” (9-10/’06) will appear in a best-of-the-year anthology.

Lenore Lowery heard her husband let out a whoop of joy. Before she could even put her finger in her book and turn around to see what Charles was so excited about, she felt his presence behind her.

A heavy magazine landed with a plop on top of the novel in her lap.

“Charles! You could have made me lose my place.”

“I’ve found it, Lenore!”

“Found what?”

“Our place. Our boat. I can retire, and we can sail away, and you can read all the time for the rest of your life. It’s the perfect boat for us.”

“No boat is perfect for me,” she snapped, “and any boat will do for you. And which of these boats are you talking about, anyway?”

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