The Family Carving Knife

By Cia Leah

The day before Thanksgiving, Mandy Barker can't find the family carving knife. The knife was made by her Grandfather and given to her Grandmother as a gift on Thanksgiving Day when they were first married. It is a family heirloom.

When Boris Templeton is murdered and Mandy identifies the murder weapon as her knife, she thinks Thanksgiving will never be the same again. Mandy doesn't realize it, but the family carving knife and the family history leading back to her Grandfather's day, also leads to the killer and a Thanksgiving Day surprise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cia Leah
• Release date: Feb 27, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386773696

Cia Leah

Cia Leah is a multi-published author written in a variety of genres. Her favorite genre to read and write are westerns and historical romances. She successfully completed the Writer's Digest Short Story Course and a creative writing course. She is a member of Romance Divas and highly recommends it and the wealth of knowledge provided on the site for readers and writers. Semi-retired, she writes as time allows due to real life and thanks her readers for their support. At present time, she is writing western short stories, novelettes, and novellas.

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THE FAMILY CARVING KNIFE

BY CIA LEAH

Copyright - 2017 - Cia Leah

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This is a work of fiction. Characters, locations, and events are the product of the author's imagination and used fictitiously.

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THE FAMILY CARVING KNIFE

Mandy Barker rummaged around in the drawers of her kitchen, searching frantically for the carving knife.  Where is it?  She said, placing her hands on her hips in frustration as she looked around the room.  Nibbling absentmindedly on her bottom lip, she tried to remember when she had last seen it when her husband, Craig walked into the room.  She caught the lopsided grin on his handsome mouth as he looked about the kitchen.

Don’t tell me.  You’ve lost the carving knife again.

All right, I won’t tell you.  What’d you do with it? 

Me?  I didn’t do anything with it.

Uh huh, and tomorrow isn’t Thanksgiving is it?  She said, throwing her hands up in the air and walking towards the kitchen sink to look under it.

Craig laughed.  Honey, I don’t think the carving knife would be under there.

How do you know?  Did you see it?  Are you hiding it from me?  She closed the sink doors and leaned against it to stare at her handsome husband, who was known to play all kinds of pranks on her around the holidays.

"No, I’m not hiding it from you.  I haven’t seen it since this