Corpse in the Crystal Ball by Kari Lee Townsend

Author:Kari Lee Townsend
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781101580844
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Published: 2012-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

11

Later Sunday night I wanted nothing more than to crawl into my jammies, make some hot cocoa, and read a good book. I’d had such a long, exhausting day poring over all the planes, trains, and bus records for any outsiders who were in Divinity on the evening of Isabel’s murder. Not to mention checking out the hotels and asking around town about anyone else who might have driven in.

I’d only found three who didn’t live here who might possibly be connected to Isabel Gonzales. She’d made a phone call to one, and the other two had called her.

A man in his midtwenties named Ted Baxter came in on a plane from New York City the day before Isabel’s murder, and he was staying at the Divinity Hotel. I recognized his name and remembered seeing him in the lobby talking to the front desk clerk when I first went there to question Chuck Webb.

A woman in her early thirties named Roz Sanderson arrived on the train from New York City on the morning of Isabel’s murder, and she was also staying at the Divinity Hotel. I didn’t know what she looked like at all.

And finally Selena Gonzales rode in on the bus from the city the morning after Isabel’s death. I didn’t see her name on the bus records, but I’d seen her get off the bus with my own eyes. I guess that ruled her out, even though she’d made it clear she and her sister weren’t exactly close. In fact, she’d seemed quite bitter over her not sharing the wealth, so to speak. Yet she did seem genuinely upset over her sister’s death.

I hadn’t had time to really look into any of these people yet today. I had planned to do a little research on the Internet when I got home from the police station, but Kevin had called. After the little bit of encouragement I’d given him in church this morning, he hadn’t let any time pass for me to change my mind.

I pulled on my knee-high boots, tugged down yet another one of my flowy skirts—at least this one was made of a fancier mauve lace-covered satin—and fastened the buttons on my long-sleeved seafoam green satin blouse. Fluffing my hair, I checked my appearance in my bedroom mirror and pinched my pale cheeks to add color. I couldn’t do much about the dark circles beneath my eyes, but I hadn’t had the heart to say no again.

Grabbing my fringed purse, I slung the strap over my shoulder and headed out my door. My research would have to wait until morning.

I had a date.

I reached the bottom of the stairs and rounded the corner to check my reflection one last time in the powder room mirror, and gasped. “Morty! I told you to stop stealing Granny’s money or we’re both going to be in big trouble.”

He stood in front of the storage closet beneath the stairs and dropped the hundred-dollar bill from his mouth, then shook his head hard.

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