title: Garage Sale Riddle (Garage Sale Mystery)
author:  Suzi Weinert 
description: As a military wife for 21 years, Suzi Weinert moved often, shopping for practical items at military thrift shops and eventually for unique treasures at garage and estate sales. When her husband retired, she and her family lived for 25 years in McLean, Virginia, the setting for her novels. Now with her children grown and flown, she and her husband live in northern Virginia. Every sale reflects a story," she says and apparently, Hallmark agrees. Based on Suzi's work, their Garage Sale Mystery Series starring Lori Loughlin currently airs seven original TV movies on their Hallmark Movie &amp; Mystery Channel, with more on the way. Suzi is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
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  JERRY OLTION
  
  
  UNCERTAINTY
  
  
  Jason is excited as he parks the demonstrator LeBaron in front of his house.
  
  
  He
  
  
  parks on the street so his neighbors can see it, and maybe decide to buy one.
  
  
  That's not likely, but it's possible, and a car salesman plays the odds. If
  you
  
  
  greet enough customers, put the cars in front of enough people, someone will
  buy
  
  
  one. As they have done today. A brand new Imperial, cash, and Jason already
  has
  
  
  the commission check in his breast pocket.
  
  
  He fingers the crisp paper as he walks up the driveway to the door. Yes, still
  there. And just before Christmas. Ginny will be pleased. He tries the doorknob
  before he goes for his house keys, but it is locked. Not a good sign. If Ginny
  were home, she would have left it open for him, maybe even met him at the
  door.
  
  
  Unless she got caught up in something and forgot the time. That's happened
  before. So Jason sets his briefcase on the concrete step and fishes in his
  pocket for the keys, unlocks