Checking the Traps (The Isabel Long Mystery Series Book 3) by Joan Livingston

Author:Joan Livingston [Livingston, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crooked Cat Books
Published: 2019-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Jeff

“Hey, Jeff, got anything for me?”

Jeff Murray laughs on the other end of the phone line.

“Isabel, I was just about to call you.”

No, he wasn’t, but that’s the exchange we used to have when I stopped at the Titus Grocery Store, one of the traps worth checking on Fridays. Jeff would be behind the counter and always happy to see me. He was a wannabe journalist, well, perhaps the snooping part of the job. Sometimes if he had a news tip too hot to wait, he would call me at home.

“It’s been a while. How’s life in the banking world?”

“Not as much fun as it was running a store, but I sure make a lot more money,” he says. “How’s life as a P.I.?”

“Ha, I make even less money than I did as a reporter.”

“Isabel, what can I do for you?”

I smile. Banker or not, Jeff is a newshound through and through.

“Didn’t you still own the store when Cary Moore died?”

“Uh-huh, I sold it a year later. What’s this all about?”

I go into semi-detail about the case. Jeff hums when I mention Gary Beaumont. I ask if Cary might have stopped into the store that day.

Jeff clicks his tongue.

“Sorry, Isabel, I wish I could help you. The family and I were away that weekend. I was shocked to hear about it when we got back. People sure were talking about it.”

“Crap, I was counting on you to give me something useful.”

He sighs.

“Have you talked with Sue Lehman? She delivers mail in Titus. Been doing it forever.” He chuckles. “And I know for certain she sees a lot. Sometimes she and I used to compare notes.”

“Sue Lehman. I don’t think… oh, wait, I do. I remember her coming into the selectmen’s meeting because her neighbors couldn’t control their dog. It killed her chickens. Boy, that was a long time ago.”

“You were still a reporter then?”

“Uh-huh. I’ll just track her down at the post office. Thanks for the tip.”

“I wish I had more, but if I do, I know how to find you.”

“Hold on. I’ll give you my cell number, too.”

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