An Invitation to Murder_An amateur sleuth murder mystery by AG Barnett

Author:AG Barnett [Barnett, AG]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oddmoor Press
Published: 2019-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“You could at least tell me what it says,” Mary said haughtily. She was desperately trying to keep the rising terror at bay by channelling it into being bloody furious instead. The way they were acting had her worried. What on earth could they have found in here that would have them both looking at her as though she was some kind of mass murderer?!

“Or maybe that’s your plan?” she said angrily. “It’s probably just some scrap of paper that’s been in here for years and you’re just pretending that it’s something to do with what happened to Melanie.”

Corrigan had said nothing for at least two minutes since the uniformed officer had handed him the note. The constable had continued her search of the room while Corrigan had taken a seat back on the chair by the dresser and stared at Mary with a blank and unreadable expression.

Finally, the officer emerged from the bathroom and nodded at her superior.

“That’s it, sir, nothing else,” she said before standing against the wall with her hands together in front of her, staring off into space.

“Miss Blake, this piece of paper,” Corrigan said, holding up the small see-through plastic bag that contained it in front of him. “Says ‘you are the killer!’ in a printed font.”

“What?!” Mary said, sitting up in her chair wide-eyed.

“And bearing in mind it was found under your pillow, I have to wonder why or how it got there?”

“Well, how the hell am I supposed to know?!” Mary said, throwing her hands into the air, exasperated. “You don’t seriously think that Melanie took the time to get to a computer and write an incriminating note after I’d whacked her over the head, do you?”

Corrigan said nothing, but the corner of his mouth rose and his eyes took on a questioning quality.

“Oh, I didn’t mean I’d actually bashed her over the head! I’m just pointing out how ridiculous all of this is!”

“As ridiculous as a murder in a locked and inaccessible room?” Corrigan asked dryly.

Mary opened her mouth to answer, then closed it again as Corrigan got up and moved across the room to the window on the left-hand side. He opened it and leaned his head out for a moment before pulling back in, shutting it and returning to his chair.

“You know?” he said, sighing. “The climb in through Melanie Shaw’s window would be a lot less difficult if you were going across from yours rather than all the way from the ground up.”

“You can’t be serious?! I’m not some bloody spider-woman crawling all over the building!”

“I’m just presenting you with the current situation,” Corrigan said. “A woman has been killed and right now, you look like the most likely candidate for the murder.”

Mary swallowed, her throat suddenly dry. The full weight of Melanie’s death being murder hit her, alongside the terror of being the prime suspect. All those shows where she had chased down the bad guy, her well-practised look of righteousness plastered across her face.

Now, though, in real life and on the other side of the questioning, it was horrible.

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