A Page Marked for Murder by Lauren Elliott

Author:Lauren Elliott [Elliott, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-07-29T00:00:00+00:00

Ken, Martha, Gloria all high school friends—familiar with house

Brett, first on scene after Gloria’s fall

Kalea’s unknown boyfriend argued with Brett in park on Friday

“Speaking of your cousin, where is she lately? I haven’t seen her around.”

Addie gave Serena a side glance. “Your guess is as good as mine. This past week she’s been coming and going at all hours of the day and night. According to Paige, this guy”—she tapped the board—“has been picking her up every day for over a week, and since Friday, she’s suddenly decided she doesn’t seem to think she needs to work at all.”

“Maybe her new boyfriend is rich, and she thinks he’s going to keep her in the manner of lifestyle she believes she’s entitled to.”

“By the look of the car he drives and the expensive clothes he wears, you might be right. She was exactly the same in college. I thought she’d grown out of it, but these last few days? I can see it only took a fancy car and a good-looking fellow to bring all that out in her again.”

“What do you know about this guy?”

“Nothing, which is the weird part. Generally, when the black widow goes hunting, she’s more than happy to expand on the details of her latest conquest, but with him”—Addie tapped the board under the unknown man’s name—“she hasn’t said a word, not even in passing to Paige. We don’t even know his name.”

Serena’s eyes narrowed in on the board. “But you did see him having an argument with Brett two days before you found his body, so that means he and the victim knew each other.”

“Yes, and Mr. Unknown happened to come to town the week before, which was when Brett arrived in Greyborne Harbor too.”

“When did Paige’s father, Ken, show up? He hasn’t been back here for years and then out of the blue—”

Addie’s jaw dropped. “You’re right! And whose name do I have on the board nearly as many times as Martha’s?”

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

“That Brett, Ken, and Mr. Unknown all knew each other, and came here for a reason other than to visit?”

Serena nodded.

“I wonder if Marc has found a link between them.”

“I wonder if he’s even put the three together yet. I think you have to go and talk to him,” Serena said.

“Easier said than done, I’m afraid. Whenever I’ve dropped in, the dragon lady is standing guard, and she won’t allow me passage into the inner sanctum. She’s made it clear that Marc and I even remaining friends won’t happen under her watch.”

Serena slipped her phone out of her back jean pocket. “Then it’s a good thing that you have a family connection to His Highness.” Her thumbs skimmed across the keypad.

“If all it takes for an audience with His Majesty is a text, then I could have done that.”

“Aw, you see this way, if she’s with him, she really can’t discourage him from meeting with his sister, now can she?”

“You are a devious one, my friend.”

“I’ve learned that when dealing with her, it’s the only way to be.

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