http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Her mother was awake and at the kitchen table when Marian came down the stairs wrapped in her bathrobe at 7:00 for coffee. Lucille, who had been up since six, had had a swim, showered and dressed, and was just finishing her second cup of coffee, said to her daughter, ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2008/02/11/ch-20-turn-those-screws-tighter/ When Lucille arrived at the Senior Center the following day, she asked at the receptionist's window where she could find Teresa. Gloria told her to follow Bert who was wheeling a large stack of brown cartons into the Ceramics Room. Lucille entered and saw several boxes already open on the ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2008/01/10/ch-19-wearing-only-his-stetson/ Two nights later after dinner, Lars took off his pink polo, put on his soft chambray shirt. He changed out of his cargo shorts into a pair of blue slacks, slipped off his sandals, replacing them with socks and shoes. He had decided to try and see Lucille, even though ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2008/01/07/ch-18-give-me-back-the-ious/ The night that Joan confronted him, Lars slept in his clothes on the couch with just an afghan and a throw pillow. He stumbled into the kitchen when he heard that she was up. As he poured his cup of coffee, she said, "I want you to move your things out ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/12/26/ch-17-a-realtor-tells-the-truth/ [June] Joan had married at a time when the smarter women recognized that marriage didn't always last forever. She had insisted on continuing to work to the amazement of her mother. But the women's movement had made its mark. Besides, what would she have done with her days if she had ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/12/17/ch-16-he-put-the-panties-in-his-pocket/ [May] Right after the Mini Games in mid-April, Teresa goaded Ceci into establishing some sort of a training schedule for members of the Center to follow. She began with the Walking Club. For those who wanted to, she created charts on which they could begin to record the time it took them ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/12/12/ch-15-how-to-hype-stuff-to-seniors/ [May] When Gloria, the receptionist, came into Teresa's office and said that a young man from GeezerJock wanted to see her, Teresa simply stared. "A man from where?" She followed Gloria into the outer office. A young man with tight blond curls, lopsided smile and a ruby earring in his ear, ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/12/08/ch-14-geezerjock-tackles-teresa/ [May] On Thursday when the last patient of the day had left Dr. Roger Murray's office, he reluctantly dialed Marian's cellphone. As the phone continued to ring he stared out the window. Parkside Pavilion at Lutheran General had turned out to be a good choice for him. Impatient at not getting ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/12/04/ch-13-delicious-doctor-murray/ Maybe if she had never met Richard Murray, Lucy Scott might have simply continued her employment as a secretary, might have eventually married, after all she was only thirty-two at the time. But everyone who knew her would have bet money on Lucy ending up alone. Not that Lucy Scott ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/11/29/ch-12-what-lucille-wants-she-gets/ [Last summer] Lucille had timed the tour so that she would be with Marian for her sixty-third birthday, expecting gratitude. Hah! After landing at Fiumicino Airport, she cabbed to the Hotel Diana. Because she'd slept on the evening flight from O'Hare, she had planned a full day for acclimating herself to the ... http://printpusher.com/goldmedalmurder/2007/11/19/ch-11-love-italian-style/