something to tell you—”
“Hey,” Mike said, holding up a hand. “Kristin won’t
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get in your face. She just wants to help. If you don’t
like some of her ideas, tell her.”
“No, it’s not that,” Judith insisted. “It’s about Joe.
When you came down here to see him in all that bad
weather, I felt then that I should have spoken to you
about what a risk you took and that—”
Mike put his hand up again. “No problem. Why
wouldn’t I do that?” Suddenly Mike’s expression grew
uncharacteristically sober. “After all, he’s my father.”
Judith’s jaw dropped. “You know? ”
Mike’s eyes were level with Judith’s as he took her
hand. “I’ve known for a long time. I just didn’t know if
you wanted me to know. Are you okay with it?”
“Oh, Mike!” Judith burst into tears.
Joe reappeared in the doorway. “We’re all set. Hey,
what’s wrong?”
“N-n-nothing,” Judith blubbered. “I’m just so
happy!”
Joe stared at Mike. “This is happy? ”
“It sure is. Pops, ” Mike added. He grinned at Joe,
then shoved the hospital form at his mother. “Here,
sign this so we can go home.”
With trembling fingers, Judith signed the form. She
fought for control and handed the sheet of paper to Joe.
“That’s right. I’m very happy.” Judith took a deep
breath. “I’ve finally gotten my release.”
About the Author
Seattle native MARY RICHARDSON DAHEIM
began reading mysteries when she was seven. She
started writing them when she was eleven, but her
career as a published novelist didn’t begin until much
later. After graduating from the University of
Washington’s School of Communications, Daheim
worked on small-town newspapers and in corporate
public relations. Her goal to write fiction remained in
place, however, and she began publishing the Bedand-Breakfast series in 1991, adding the Alpine
mysteries a year later. She is married to David
Daheim, and the couple lives in Seattle. They have
three grown daughters: Barbara, Katherine, and
Magdalen. Daheim received the Pacific Northwest
Writers Association 2000 Achievement Award “for
distinguished professional achievement and for
enhancing the stature of the Northwest literary
community”.
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Praise for
SUTURE SELF
and MARY DAHEIM’s other
Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries
“Delightful”
Kansas City Star
“Skillfully takes a satiric scalpel to the hospital
industry . . . There are funny twists aplenty . . . [and]
telling jabs at modern hospital care as the novel
scampers to its zany conclusion. The other inmates of
Good Cheer Hospital—staff and patients alike—are so
Portland Oregonian
“Like Joan Hess’ Maggody series, Daheim’s bed-andbreakfast mysteries show a funny and often stinging
insight into people’s relationships and behavior.
SUTURE SELF is less about solving a crime than
about the too-real-not-to-be-funny personalities of the
people involved.”
Houston Chronicle
“Daheim fans will relish the witty and revealing
interactions between familiar characters.”
Publishers Weekly
“[A] screwball crime novel . . . The banter . . . is
choice . . . And Good Cheer Hospital does live up to
its name in the warped sense that it malfunctions
even more blatantly than a real-life hospital.”
Newark Star-Ledger
Other Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries by
Mary Daheim
A STREETCAR NAMED EXPIRE
CREEPS SUZETTE
LEGS BENEDICT
SNOW PLACE TO DIE
WED AND BURIED
SEPTEMBER MOURN
AUNTIE MAYHEM
NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE
MURDER, MY SUITE
MAJOR VICES
A FIT OF TEMPERA
BANTAM OF THE OPERA
DUNE TO DEATH
HOLY TERRORS
FOWL PREY
JUST DESSERTS
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SUTURE SELF. Copyright © 2001 by Mary Daheim.
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Document Outline
Title Page
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
About the Author
Praise
Other Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries by Mary Daheim
Copyright Notice
About the Publisher
Table of
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ELEVEN
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THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PRAISE
OTHER BOOKS BY MARY DAHEIM
COVER
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Praise for
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ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
TWENTY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PRAISE
OTHER BOOKS BY MARY DAHEIM
COVER
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Praise for
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