An Eye for Murder (Back Room Bookstore Cozy Mystery Book 5) by Susan Harper

Author:Susan Harper [Harper, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

9

Brian arrived at the coffee house to meet Monica first, so the two of them sat together for a moment waiting on Holly, discussing what they had learned thus far. “Isaac told me about his run-ins with Luke and Jehu when he was a kid. Sounds like it was pretty brutal,” Monica said.

“Yeah, I’ve heard,” Brian said. “What did he tell you about the crime scene?”

“His story pretty much meshes with everyone else’s. He says that he came up on the body, that Ronnie showed up next, and then Jehu, and that Jehu tackled him and started accusing him,” Monica said.

“Dang…even his story doesn’t make him look good,” Brian said. “First on the scene. His pen sticking out of the victim’s eye… We’ve got to find something more concrete than his word.”

“I know,” Monica said. “How about your meeting with Tiff? How did it go?”

Brian rolled his eyes. “I wasn’t able to find her. Showed up at the office for the local paper, and they told me she was out in the field. I looked around, and she wasn’t there. She has around five stories she’s working on today, so there really is no telling where she is at.”

“Dang,” Monica said. “I’m sure we’ll get a hold of her soon enough.”

“I hope so,” Brian said. “I hope she interviewed someone who might have information we’re lacking.”

Just as he was saying this, Holly came running up, looking falsely frazzled. “Monica! I need your help with something right now!” she exclaimed.

“Everything okay?” Brian started to jump up.

“Oh…um…yeah, everything’s fine… It’s a…a girl emergency,” Holly said, and Brian frowned.

“Like… Oh!” he said. “Yeah, you do what you need to do.”

Holly snagged Monica by the wrist. “Let’s go, please,” she said. “Brian, we’ll catch you later, okay?”

“Um…okay? I guess I’ll see what I can do about finding Tiff,” he said, watching them both dart off.

“Good one,” Monica muttered to Holly as she snagged her bike, and the two of them disappeared around the corner.

“Well, you didn’t exactly give me enough time to plan anything, now did you?” Holly asked. “What big emergency do you have exactly that you needed me to get us both away from Brian? We are trying to get Isaac out of jail, you know? And we really need to be focused on that, don’t you think?”

Monica nodded. “Of course, and I wouldn’t pull our attention away from that unless it was really urgent. Let’s get to the shop, and I’ll explain everything once we get there, and I promise you’ll agree with me that we need to address this.”

Holly sighed but relented. Once they arrived at the shop, Monica’s Aunt Wilma excitedly made the ladies some coffee, eager to tell them about how she had sold an entire collection of classics. “I appreciate you filling in, Aunt Wilma,” Monica said. “But we may have an emergency on our hands.”

“I know you have an emergency,” Aunt Wilma said. “Isn’t that why I’m filling in for you? Or are you saying you

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