Death Rides the Surf by Nora charles

Author:Nora charles
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, Inc.
Published: 2007-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty-one

Nick’s office smelled of salami, just as it had the first time Kate’s presence had been requested. She could only hope the aroma wasn’t wafting from the same salami hero she’d spotted on his desk almost a year ago.

Everything else seemed the same: institutional green walls, cluttered desk, and no personal touches.

The detective looked the same, too, though he’d lost a little weight: olive skin, Roman nose, and bushy brows, not the least bit handsome, yet perversely appealing.

Now as then, his type A personality filled the room, leaving none of three women in doubt about who was running the show. Katharine almost, but not quite, cowered.

Kate, annoyed by so much attitude, and the effect it had on her granddaughter, thought the detective could at least smile. Even the cops on Law & Order were courteous during a first interview. And she knew Charlie would never have behaved this way. She never should have dined with the enemy. Of course, she hadn’t known Nick was the enemy then.

Katharine had visited Florita Flannigan Monday afternoon, but where else had she been? And why hadn’t Jennifer contacted her daughter as soon as she’d arrived on Sunday? And where had Jennifer spent Monday afternoon? Had Jennifer and Katharine gotten together? If so, what had they talked about? Nick would ask them that. Kate felt sure that whatever Katharine and Jennifer, either together or alone, had done and wherever they’d gone wouldn’t be incriminating, but she didn’t like surprises.

“I’d like each of you ladies to tell me where you were on Sunday night when Jon Michael went surfing,” Nick said, after a brief nod acknowledging their presence and a terse hello.

Humph, did the detective consider Kate a suspect, too? Still, if he really suspected any of them, would he question all of them at the same time?

With mother and daughter providing alibis for each other and Kate having witnessed both Katharine on the beach and Jon Michael riding off on his surfboard—she’d felt no need to elaborate on their quarrel—Nick moved on. Kate knew it wasn’t a pass, just a pause while he checked out the rest of their activities over the last couple of days.

“Alright, Mrs. Kennedy.” Nick addressed Jennifer. “Please tell me when you arrived in South Florida and what you’ve been doing here.”

“Wait a minute!” Kate snapped. “Do we need a lawyer here? Why are you asking all these questions? How can Jon Michael’s death be a homicide? How can my daughter-in-law and granddaughter be suspects in a shark attack?”

“A shark can be enticed to attack, Kate.” Nick sounded less harsh. “And I’m just gathering information.” The steely calm in his voice made Kate more anxious.

“How?” Katharine asked. Her voice quivered, but she met Nick’s eyes.

“We found traces of pig’s blood and a bit of wire on the sliver of surfboard that the fishermen hauled in with the body and another trace of wire on the piece that washed up on the beach.” Nick cupped his hands, moving them up and down like scales.

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