A Side of Sabotage: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery

A Side of Sabotage: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery — page 9
especially one that might involve climbing on a roof Need help Dad and Owen Loney exchange raised eyebrows as if to say Do we look like two old guys who can’t set up a ladder Thanks Ben Dad tells him I think we got it What are you doing Ella asks Measuring how much sign space we’ve got Dad says For Quinnie’s mom He makes it sound like he’s humoring Mom But there’s a good reason he and Owen Loney are headed for the roof This is the craziest change of all The guy who bought Loney’s Lobster Pound is this chef from Boston with a famous temper He’s turned the place into a super-fancy restaurant named after him Restaurant Hubert has only been open a month since the middle of May but it’s the first real competition my dad’s café has ever had A gourmet restaurant reviewer called it coastal agri-modernism I think that’s supposed to be high praise Mom may be the Maiden Rock sheriff the real estate broker the postmaster and the mayor all of whom want the town to boom but like me she doesn’t want the café to suffer because of some restaurant up the street serving singed-carrot 4