![]() ![]() ![]() Did you want to go ahead and grab a table?” Jack’s phone rang once and then Jack, who also happened to be Ellery’s boyfriend, said, “Hey, I’m not quite done here. Granted, when it came to the Shandy clan, some kind of elaborate scam was always a possibility, but given Vernon’s untimely and mysterious disappearance in the 1960s…Įyes still on the small pile of coins, Ellery reached for his cell phone and pressed the contact number for Pirate Cove’s chief of police Jack Carson. But if this was indeed Vernon Shandy’s diving collection bag-and whose else could it be?-was it likely the coins would be fake? The details of the gold pieces-the believably worn engravings, the rough, slightly misshapen edges, even the heft of the coins-doubloons?-felt real.Īppearances could be deceptive. He wasn’t even sure if the coins were real. Was the image supposed to be King Philip? ![]() Lament at Loon Landing will be released IN OCTOBER. HISPAN INFANS Dear Reader, you are not losing your mind. The other side was etched (engraved?) with the profile of a young man and the words PHILIPPUS D.G. He could just make out the (Latin?) words SÆCVLA VINCIT and below: VIRTVTI ET HONORI. On one side a woman held two wreaths aloft. Make that eight gold coins and one silver.Įllery Page, owner and proprietor of the quaint mystery bookshop known as the Crow’s Nest, let out a long breath and picked up the silver coin, fingertips tracing the unfamiliar size and design. Eight gold coins gleamed and glinted in the lamplight. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |