A Sandie James Mysteries Box Set: Books 1 - 3 (A Sandie James Cozy Mystery Series) by Tessa Kelly

Author:Tessa Kelly [Kelly, Tessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tessa Kelly
Published: 2020-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

I PLACED MY FINGERS on the keyboard, my eyes narrowing as I tried to block out all thoughts of murder and concentrate on my novel. The sentences hovered on the edge of my mind, not quite managing to form into a coherent whole.

Someone in the room gave a heavy sigh.

Blinking, I sat back in my swivel chair and stared around. Who was that?

Oh, right. It was me.

I took a deep breath and exhaled with force, trying to expel the tension in my chest. Then I spun round in my chair until the room began to blur around the edges. Fuzzy and out of focus, just like my mind this morning.

It was getting close to ten o’clock, and I’d been at my desk since eight, pretending I was writing and not really doing anything except stare blankly into space while my novel idled, unfinished.

Okay. I would have to accept that I wasn’t going to get anywhere with it today. I placed my fingers on the keyboard again and typed in the space under the chapter heading.

For future reference: seeing a friend flee from the scene of the crime is a recipe for writer’s block.

I closed the laptop and got up from the chair. Time to head to work—Kathy expected me to put in a double shift.

The phone rang as I was getting dressed. Not in the mood to talk to anyone, I let it go to voicemail.

Relentless, it rang again.

I sighed. They weren’t going to leave me alone. Might as well answer.

It was Will.

“Just wanted to see how you’re doing.”

I smiled, touched by his thoughtfulness.

“I’m fine,” I lie. “Don’t have time to chat, though. You know how Jeff gets when I’m late.”

“That’s okay. Just called to let you know we arrested Josh last night. He’s been asking to see you.”

I froze in the middle of putting on my shoes, balancing on one foot while the other hovered in mid-air.

Picking up on my silence, Will added quickly, “I promised to ask you but the decision is all yours.”

I cleared my throat. “I know. Thanks, Will. Was there anything else?”

“Uh, yeah. Just a sec.”

I listened to someone on his end tell him about some paperwork he requested. A moment later, he came back.

“Sorry about that. You asked if there was something else—there is. We determined that whoever murdered Dan is the same person that killed Alexa.”

He didn’t say it was Josh, but I was suddenly holding my breath. “You found fingerprints?”

“No. The perp wore gloves both times. But the gloves themselves can leave prints too, they’re just as unique. If we can find the actual gloves, we can match them to the prints.”

“But you haven’t found the gloves yet,” I guessed.

“No.”

“That doesn’t give us much.”

“True. Honestly? As of right now, Josh is the last person to see both of the victims alive. It doesn’t look good for him, I’m afraid.”

That was an understatement.

Dan Cobbs had been my only suspect, and now he was dead. It didn’t look good for Josh at all. But there had to be some other.

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