Death By Blue Water (A Hayden Kent Mystery Book 1) by Kait Carson

Author:Kait Carson
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: mystery and suspense, caper, detective novels, amateur sleuth, english mysteries, british mysteryies, cozy mysteries, murder mysteries, Women Sleuths, female sleuths, mystery series
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2014-11-10T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

By the time Mallory left, Hayden knew sleep would elude her. She sat at the kitchen table and wrote her own summation of the events of the weekend, hoping the physical action would jar more information loose. Nothing new came and she wanted a fresh viewpoint. Tiger Cat jumped up on her lap and rubbed his face against the hand that held the pen.

“Okay, chum, I get the message.” She stood and walked to the cabinet where she kept his treats. “Treats for you, a brandy for me.” Filling a small bowl, she put it on the floor for her cat. Then she moved to the antique cart that served as her bar, took a snifter, and poured a healthy shot of brandy. The smell of the liquor brought her boss to mind. Every time they’d gone to dinner together, he had ended with a brandy. So far, the attraction had eluded her.

“That’s who I need to talk to. I want Grant’s perspective on all of this.” The grandfather clock in Hayden’s house chimed nine at the same time the doorbell sounded.

Hayden pulled the curtain aside in the living room and saw Grant standing on the front porch. She swung the door open, forgetting that she set the alarm on instant when Mallory left. The alarm wailed.

She froze in place. Grant grabbed her arm and guided her back into the room. Wordlessly, she handed him her brandy glass. “What’s the code?” He shouted over the din. When Hayden continued to stand mute, he gave her arm a little shake. The sound of the ringing telephone joined the noise. The ringing of the phone seemed to break her trance. Her eyes cleared and she stepped around Grant to the keypad on the hall wall, punched in some numbers, and silenced the alarm. Grant grabbed the phone and handed it to her, clearly listening while she gave the code word.

“Sorry, Grant. I didn’t mean to act like a dork. I was just thinking about you. For a minute, I thought I conjured you up.”

They walked to the couch and Hayden took back the brandy snifter and tipped it in his direction. “I only had a sip. How do you drink this? It’s as bad as scotch.”

He took the glass from her hand and rolled it between his palms. “Easy, it’s like mother’s milk to me.” He smiled and took a sip. “Too much soda, mind if I add more brandy? He walked to the liquor cabinet, grabbed the bottle, and poured about an ounce into the glass. Hayden went to the kitchen and came back with a glass of red wine.

“Malbec, my current favorite red.” She took a deep sip and sat in the recliner across from him. “Is something wrong, Grant?”

“I got the transcript of the questioning. I thought you would like to see it.”

“Is it accurate?”

He studied her face before he answered. “It hasn’t been embellished and nothing has been omitted that I saw.” He lay the papers down on the coffee table in front of him.

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