The Crossword Puzzle Mystery: Chapter 7

At Rivers Edge.

We were strangely quiet and sleepy the next morning at breakfast. Marta’s dad even noticed, his perpetually stern face taking in our yawns and 1000-yard stares with both suspicion and maybe a little relief. He probably thought that quiet was a nice change to have at his breakfast table.

Once breakfast was over, Marta and I decided to have an emergency me…