Shortly after Bill left for work the next morning, fortified by a hot breakfast and a warm kiss, Penelope did the dishes and got ready to go to the police station. She tucked the sock she was working on into her purse, in case she had to wait a while. She was,...

Penelope dove for her purse and fumbled around in its depths for her phone. "Gimme that!" The inmate made a grab for the phone and almost fell over again as Penelope yanked it out of reach. "No!" Penelope realized that it would be impossible to call 911 while playing...

"Let's take a picture for the website!" Penelope grabbed up her phone in the nick of time. She heard an indignant huff and felt angry breath on the back of her neck. Penelope's hands shook a bit as she tried to hold the camera steady to take pictures of the sweater...

The Ladies' Night shoppers were out in full force that evening, taking up all the parking spaces in front of the block of stores that housed Llama and Lamb, Better Days Antiques and Gifts, and Glad Rags Boutique. Penelope had to park around the corner and two blocks...

Penelope spent the next week in a state of suppressed excitement. She went about her household chores on autopilot, all the while planning how she would capture the counterfeit knitter on camera. Every morning, after Bill left for work, Penelope set up a card table in...