The Sleuths of Somerville SECRETS IN SOMERVILLE by Michele Jakubowski STONE ARCH BOOKS a capstone imprint
CHAPTER ONE Somerville isn’t a place you go to visit it’s the small town you go through on the way to the place you’re headed Watertown a bigger town about 30 miles down the highway from Somerville is a place to visit Travelers stop in Somerville though for two things Watertown doesn’t have cheap gas and the delicious donuts at Mick’s Diner Amelia and Jason Vega the proud owners of Mick’s Diner adored living in Somerville Between the tourists stopping for food and a town full of regular customers their diner stayed busy Their children twelve-year-old Rowan and eleven-year old Astrid on the other hand weren’t so excited about living in sleepy little Somerville
School had just let out for the summer and instead of doing anything fun Rowan and Astrid were sitting at the counter of their parents diner rolling silverware into napkins Why can’t we move to Watertown Rowan asked for what felt like the millionth time Yeah said Astrid They’ve got a water park and a zoo They even have a mall Somerville is so boring In my day we didn’t have the luxury of getting bored came a voice from the end of the counter Rowan and Astrid turned to face the owner of that voice Mrs Coretta Lownie or Miss Coco as all the townspeople called her Miss Coco was the oldest living resident of Somerville and a regular at the diner She spent whole days sitting at the counter at Mick’s telling stories to anyone who would listen Sometimes those stories even made sense
