A Motive for Murder (Hubbert & Lil Cozy Mystery Series Book 4) by Gallagher Gray

Author:Gallagher Gray [Gray, Gallagher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thalia Press
Published: 2018-05-25T22:00:00+00:00

Auntie Lil wanted to spend the night at T.S.’s apartment, primarily so she could bounce endless and highly creative theories off T.S. He endured them in typical fashion: he ignored most of them and watched the nightly news on mute while she talked. It was much more interesting to fill in his own details about the endless parade of politicians and criminals passing by on the television screen anyway.

Just as Auntie Lil was speculating that Nikki Morgan’s lawyer may have had something to do with the murder, T.S. caught a glimpse of a familiar face on the screen. A small band of type at the base of the screen popped up, indicating that the footage was live.

“Look!” he told Auntie Lil, turning up the volume so that they could hear. The screen came into better focus. A polished young newswoman with upswept blond hair and a slight overbite was staring earnestly into the camera, partially blocking the chaotic entrance to a police station. Behind her, a haggard-looking Gene Levitt was being escorted out the front door by a lawyer in an ill-fitting suit.

“WNBC has just learned from highly placed sources that a new development in the Bobby Morgan murder may be leading authorities closer to the killer,” the blonde intoned with breathless—and well-practiced—excitement. “Witnesses have been coming and going from Midtown North all day, providing hardworking detectives with missing pieces to the puzzle.”

One of the puzzle pieces—Gene Levitt—spied the camera and lost his temper. He rushed toward the newscaster as if he intended to push her down. His shirt was open, his tie was missing, and he looked as if he had not slept all week. Just as he reached the blonde, arms intervened, pulling him away to one side and out of camera range. His lawyer ran after him, shouting frantically. Meanwhile the blonde continued her well-rehearsed monologue without taking the slightest notice of the commotion behind her. She began to recap the known facts about Bobby Morgan’s death.

“Gene Levitt is just getting released?” Auntie Lil said. “Two days seems a long time just for questioning.”

“And why do I think that isn’t his usual lawyer?” T.S. asked. Levitt’s regular lawyer, T.S. knew, would be wearing a suit that fit. Word must have reached everywhere that the producer was flat broke.

The blonde had finally worked her way up to her late-breaking tidbit. “Prior rumors proved unfounded this evening as a producer embroiled in questionable business deals with the deceased was released after nearly two days of questioning. Apparently, attention was deflected from the suspect when a previously unknown associate of Bobby Morgan’s called the crime team in charge of the case and revealed details of Morgan’s death until now known only to the coroner’s office and detectives assigned to the case. One delighted detective on the case termed the unexpected event as akin to ‘the bad apple falling right out of the tree and into our laps.’”

“So much for confidentiality,” T.S. muttered. “And similes.”

“Although the name of the new suspect

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