Death Is Not Enough by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2018-03-09T10:03:08+00:00

Hunt Valley, Maryland,

Tuesday 14 June, 4.30 A.M.

‘Good Lord, Gwyn.’ Lucy tiptoed into Clay’s kitchen, Wynnie in her arms. ‘You scared me. I didn’t expect anyone to be in here.’

Gwyn looked up from the article she’d been reading on her laptop. ‘I was banished.’

Lucy chuckled. ‘Why?’

‘I was pacing and everyone was trying to sleep, but there’s no way I can. Not with Thorne so wound up over Phil. And Sam. And Agent Ingram.’ His texts over the last few hours had all been the same. Still waiting. No news. ‘I kept asking if anyone else had news, but I was doing it kind of often.’ She was actually annoying herself with her anxiety, so she didn’t blame the group for becoming impatient.

Yawning, Lucy settled herself in one of the chairs and cradled her baby to her breast. ‘I know there hasn’t been any news, because JD just called me.’

‘Then why did he call you?’

‘He says it’s because he found a big bag of your dog’s food in the back of Jamie’s minivan and figured you’d be needing it. I think he really just wants to see me and the kids. He does that sometimes when the stress starts to build, but don’t tell him I said so. He thinks he’s being all stealthy about it. Anyway, he wanted to be sure someone was awake to take the dog food, because he can’t stay long.’

‘Thank you. Thank him, I mean. I was going to have to go out and get some.’

‘Like anyone’s going to let you do that.’ Lucy rolled her eyes. ‘What are you doing?’

‘Well, I went through the club’s books, making sure that there wasn’t any trail that would lead from Mowry to the Circus Freaks, because the cops will subpoena our files. It’s just a matter of time. I mean, I could see the pattern now that I know it’s there, but I don’t think even a seasoned forensic accountant will find any irregularities. But my audit didn’t take as long as I thought it would, so I started looking into the Lindens, specifically Patricia. She gets mentioned a lot in the society pages, but I went back to the articles around the time of Richard’s murder.’

‘Anything interesting?’ Lucy crooned, not wanting to disturb Wynnie, who was suckling with concentrated determination.

‘Linden Senior and Mrs Linden had both been married before. Richard and Patricia weren’t blood relatives. But they took very pretty family portraits. I found an archive in the Lindens’ company website with the Christmas portraits they took every year. Patricia was devastated by Richard’s murder and apparently the media attention was pushing her toward a breakdown. Her parents sent her away to relatives in Europe, where she finished high school. Everybody paid a price for Richard’s death. Thorne and Sherri most of all. I found a photo of the two of them together in one of the articles covering her death. Sherri was very pretty. You could tell she was a dynamo, just from her picture and what her friends said about her when she died.

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