A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert

Author:Susan Wittig Albert
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780998233222
Publisher: Persevero Press
Published: 2019-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

“Blackmail!” Sheila reaches for another chip. “Interesting collegial relationships in that department. Was Haley specific about the leverage?”

“He hinted that he knew but was reluctant to say. I didn’t push him, thinking we would include that question when we haul both of them—Selms and Haley—down to the station for a second interview. If Fairlee was blackmailing Selms and Selms felt he had to put a stop to it, murder dressed up to look like suicide might seem like a viable solution.”

Sheila takes out her notebook and makes a note of her own. “Maybe Charlaine Rudolph can tell us something about the blackmail, if that’s what it was. All the department paperwork crosses her desk, and I’m sure she catalogs every scrap of faculty gossip. Plus, she was sleeping with Fairlee for a while, according to the ex-wife. If Fairlee was blackmailing her boss, she’s likely to know it.”

At that moment, Bud trots up to the table with two cold bottles of beer in his saddlebags. He noses her knee politely. “Sorry, not ours,” Sheila says to the dog. Two tables over, a fat guy with tattoo sleeves calls, “Hey, Bud, over here with those beers,” and Bud corrects his mistake.

Miller’s dark eyebrows have gone up again. “Fairlee was sleeping with Rudolph and students?” He makes another note. “Plus his current girlfriend. He was one busy guy.”

“That’s Walker’s story,” Sheila says. “She’s bitter. Understandably, I guess. She wound up losing the house in the divorce.”

“Bitter enough to shoot her ex?”

“Possibly,” Sheila replies. “Her alibi is weak—a thirteen-year-old daughter, asleep in another room. Plus, she’s hiding something. I don’t know what, but it’s something.” Another tortilla chip, warm and crispy. “So what did you make of Haley?”

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