Write in Water: The Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts
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A suspect suicide note. A dinghy washed up on the rocky Maine coast. An angry man determined to send his dead wife a message. Ann Kinnear travels to an isolated island in Blue Hill Bay to convey that message ... and discovers the private truth behind the public story of a death on the water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
— William Shakespeare, "Henry VIII"
An Ann Kinnear Suspense Short from Matty Dalrymple, author of the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, including "The Sense of Death," "The Sense of Reckoning," and "The Falcon and the Owl."
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Write in Water - Matty Dalrymple
WRITE IN WATER
AN ANN KINNEAR SUSPENSE SHORT
MATTY DALRYMPLE
WILLIAM KINGSFIELD PUBLISHERS
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Write in Water
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HENRY VIII
WRITE IN WATER
Ann’s phone buzzed and she was surprised to see the name of her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-competitor Garrick Masser pop up on the caller ID.
Hi, Garrick,
she answered.
There’s a case here in Maine that might be of interest to you,
Garrick began without preamble. Established clients. They engaged me a few years ago after their daughter died in a car accident in Ellsworth. Allison Niedermeier and Karl Bork. Perhaps you’ve heard of them?
Allison Niedermeier the artist? Sure, I studied her in college. Didn’t she die recently?
She had been quite ill—cancer of the throat—and disappeared a week ago. She left a suicide note that said she planned to take sleeping pills and then drown herself, which wouldn’t be hard to do with a tracheostomy. The boat washed up on the mainland the next day, although I’m surprised it didn’t break apart on the rocks. Her husband wishes to speak with her.
So, are you taking the engagement?
"No, I’m afraid it would be problematic. But perhaps you would be interested."
Are they on Mount Desert Island?
Actually, they live on a small island off MDI. You’ll need to go to the island for the engagement. It’s very charming, I’m sure.
You’ve never been there?
No, I always worked with them at the location of their daughter’s death.
"Then how do you know the