Karen McCullough
Here is the first page of the print edition of my mystery novel, A Gift for Murder:
*** Excerpt ***
If I’d known how bad Wednesday would get, I would’ve–what? Stayed in bed? Not likely. The show must go on and all that. But I would’ve at least asked for another shot of espresso during my morning stop at Starbucks. Maybe two.
My work day went from peaceful beginning to chaos within half an hour. This wasn’t just another day at the office. The start of the annual Washington, D.C. Gifts and Decorations Show, our biggest show of the year at the Commerce & Market Show Center, was always the worst day of the year for the staff who organized it.