How is it that libraries hug you into them as soon as you step through the door? They're such cozy places that have some of the best smells in the world inside. Even the ones with dead bodies inside them feel, and smell, this way. Just ask me how I know this.
Well, thanks for asking! It's because I just walked into Belle's Cove Public Library, where the town's latest murder had taken place. Right away, I inhaled deeply. Yep, still smelled like paper and ink and book magic...and a ham and cheese sandwich?
The policeman striding past me on his way inside poked the rest of his sandwich into his mouth and smiled sideways at me.
"My lunchbreak," he said over his mouthful. "My really fast lunchbreak."
"My birthday," I announced. "My really fast birthday."