Dead Man Docking by Mary Daheim

Author:Mary Daheim
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Mystery, Humour
ISBN: 9780060566500
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dixie Beales had been poisoned. Dr. Selig had passed on the medical examiner’s findings to Biff McDougal around nine o’clock that evening. The exact type of poison had not yet been determined.

“Did it happen at lunch?” Judith asked Rick as they sat in Farallon’s bar having after-dinner drinks.

“Dixie didn’t eat much,” Rick said. “She had drinks instead. We’ll know more details in the morning.”

Rhoda placed a hand on her husband’s arm. “We must go to Grandviews and find out who Dixie lunched with. ‘An attractive young man’ is a rather vague description. It needn’t even be anyone we know.”

Rick turned to Judith. “Dominic was the server?”

Judith nodded. “That’s what Amalie told us.”

Rick sighed. “Dominic is over seventy. He’s an institution among San Francisco waiters. He’s amazing, but has the temperament of a prima donna assoluta. I believe Dominic started out at the age of seventeen at either Ernie’s or the Blue Fox. To him, ‘young’ might mean anybody under sixty.”

Rhoda pressed Rick’s arm more firmly. “You forgot to mention that he’s half blind. Dominic is far too vain to wear glasses, and unable to use contact lenses.”

“But his hearing is adequate,” Rick pointed out. “We’ll breakfast there tomorrow, my darling.”

Judith regarded the St. Georges with awe. “Is there anyone in San Francisco you don’t know?”

Rick and Rhoda exchanged bemused glances. “Probably not,” Rhoda said. “At least not anyone we ought to know. My dear husband is particularly democratic. He knows all sorts of people.” Her meaning was quite clear to Judith.

Renie failed to suppress a yawn. “I’m beat,” she admitted. “We should settle the bill.”

Rick smiled. “It was settled long ago.”

The cousins thanked their hosts. But Judith didn’t stir from her chair. “It does begin to sound like a vendetta, doesn’t it?”

Rick maintained his customary urbane manner. But Rhoda frowned. “It does, I suppose.” She again locked glances with her husband. “It’s a bit unsettling, really. After all, darling, I’m on the board. I could be next.”

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