9 Murder Mysteries by Don Potter

Author:Don Potter [ Potter,Don]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623091002
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2013-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

“There’s no sense denying it, Estelle. You, and the guy I thought was my friend, are carrying on behind my back.” Roger said. He poured a second cup of morning coffee and continued pacing around the kitchen.

“That’s plain crazy. Get over your paranoia and go back to work. You obviously have too much time on your hands if you’re able to dream up such a ridiculous theory. Besides, what do you care; we don’t have a relationship anymore.”

“We agreed to use discretion. And this is not it.”

“I don’t intend to dignify your accusation by discussing such nonsense.” His wife left the kitchen and soon left the house. Roger was not disappointed.

About eleven, the phone rang. He thought it was his office and was surprised to hear the voice of Detective Andrews say, “Good morning, Mr. Griffin. I’m sure you heard the sad news about Mr. Bergen.”

“Yes. It was all over the TV.”

“Can we talk or do you still want your attorney present?”

“Exactly what do you want to talk about?”

“I have information about your partner’s murder that might interest you.”

“Suppose you have more questions for me as well?”

“Of course, we’re investigating a murder. But a man with an alibi like yours should have nothing to worry about.”

“When do you want to come over?”

“How about now?”

“Make it noon. I’m not dressed yet. Remember, I’m still recuperating.”

“I’ll be there at noon.”

A few minutes after twelve, Roger opened the door of his substantial Tudor home to find Detective Andrews with a brown paper bag in one hand and a file folder in the other.

“Thought you might be hungry, so I picked up a couple of hoagies.” Roger showed the detective to the kitchen table where Andrews ate hungrily while the host picked at his food.

“Any progress on the case?” Roger asked.

“It’s not solved yet, but we’ve come a long way. Your partner was knocked unconscious some time in the early afternoon on Sunday and bludgeoned to death before six. The body was dumped in the ocean a couple of miles out, somewhere northeast of Stone Harbor early on Monday. It took a week for the tarp-wrapped body to make its way down to the Wildwood shallows. Now we need a real suspect with motive and opportunity. A murder weapon would be nice too,” the detective said. He embellished some facts while leaving out other information so Roger Griffin would not know exactly how much the police knew or didn’t know.

“When do you think the investigation will be over?”

“We need to follow up some leads, prove a few theories, and then we’ll have a complete picture of the crime. That’s when we’ll get our man.”

“Or woman,” Roger added.

“No it’s a man. The angle and force of the blows prove that. By the way, are you right or left handed?”

“I’m a southpaw.”

“I see. When did you and Mr. Bergen take out the Key Man Insurance? Five million dollars is a lot of money for the survivor.”

Roger was prepared for this question and said, “It’s not an uncommon type of policy for a service business like ours.

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