Bangs, Bullies, and Betrayal (Spring Harbor Cozy Mystery Book 6) by Amber Crewes

Author:Amber Crewes [Crewes, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pen-n-a-Pad Publishing
Published: 2024-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

“You sure you’re good out there?” Summer called out toward the living room as if there was anything but a sheet separating her and Tillie.

Get a studio. It’ll be cheaper, she reprimanded herself. Never one to need ‘room to entertain’ until it’s too late, Summer patted the bed yet again to coax Barney up. But he was more interested in the excitement of Tillie.

“Sorry,” Tillie whispered loudly. “Barney and I are having a discussion about who gets the pillow.”

Summer hopped up and ran into the living room. “Barney! Come on!” When waving at him didn’t work, she picked up his treat-laden body and carried him to her bed.

“It’s alright. Really,” Tillie said, but was already flipping the pillow over and getting comfortable.

“You need your sleep,” Summer replied, plopping Barney on the bed and putting the covers over him before he could escape. “Also,” she announced, pointing at the giant lump near her feet, “one of us snores.”

“After the day I’ve had, I’ll sleep like the dead!”

Summer winced at the word, but it also reminded her she had so many things to look up before she, too, could sleep like the dead.

She was used to talking through the case with Barney, but was mindful to keep quiet. So she talked to herself instead.

Thought I’d find more at Rios’s house.

Yeah, but Didi’s been there a few days. Plenty of time to get rid of evidence.

You don’t really believe that, do you?

It’s not about what I believe. It’s about what the evidence shows.

Summer shook her head at herself.

This isn’t working.

She opened her laptop and her notes app was still up from last time. She added the very short list of clues she found at Rios’s house, mainly that it looked so normal and Didi seemed genuinely shocked that she was still married to Benny when he died.

Then she realized she didn’t have Mr. Rios’s note to Didi on her list, so she added that. The fact that he mentioned her by name—and said she reminded him of their dead daughter—still unnerved her. She didn’t know what to make of it. Did he know he was going to die soon? Would he write that note to the wife he suspected of trying to kill him?

Probably not the suspicious part of her mind admitted.

And Aunt Clara loves her!

Thinking of Aunt Clara made Summer reach for her phone, but she saw the time and decided it was too late. She needs her rest after what happened today.

Flashes of the day’s events ran through Summer’s head like a hot blur. Seeing Aunt Clara on the ground. Sheriff Brady’s rude reception when she went to the station. The broken glass littering the ground in front of her salon.

And Harding.

It all came back to Harding, didn’t it?

Could it be that simple? Was she wasting her time looking into all these other people when she had an actual convict and all around evil person staring her in the face?

It would be so simple to just call Brady up and tell him what she knew.

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