Graciela’s Gifts was once a small card shop that crew to keep up with the neighborhood around it. Now Graciela’s is a niche shop has four employees and a growing problem: theft. This isn’t petty shoplifting but large scale retain theft. She has brought in an expert to help but as stock continues to disappear, Graciela is suspicious of everyone. Here is a list of her suspects:

• Cooper Reynes, security expert, hired to stop Graciela’s inventory losses
• Michelle, Graciela’s friend and first employee, she needs money to help her sister with medical bills
• Raoul, Graciela’s second employee, he works hard to keep the store neat
• Jocelyn, a recent hire, she came from Cooper’s recommended agency
• Livvy, a recent hire, she also came from Cooper’s recommended agency
• Officer Bronkin, investigating similar thefts at other stores
• Noah, custodian for the strip mall, has access to all the stores
• Giggling girl, customer, left her wallet in among the pugs

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ABOUT KM Rockwell

KM Rockwood draws on a varied background for stories, among them working as a laborer in a steel fabrication plant, operating glass melters and related equipment in a fiberglass manufacturing facility, and supervising an inmate work crew in a large medium security state prison. These jobs, as well as work as a special education teacher in an alternative high school and a GED teacher in county detention facilities, provide most of the background for novels and short stories.

Find her at kmrockwood.com