Double Dutch Death (The Mystery Sisters Book 3) by Karen Musser Nortman

Author:Karen Musser Nortman [Nortman, Karen Musser]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Sunday morning, Lil was the first one up, at 6:00 a.m. She started the coffee and took an eager Rosie out for a walk. This time she headed away from the direction of James Meijer’s home. The pleasant morning and peaceful street belied the turmoil the town had been through the day before.

Lil considered Helen Bakke’s death. If it wasn’t accidental, surely it must be connected to Peter DeVries’ murder. That could mean there was a murderer loose who wouldn’t hesitate to kill again.

The thought made her pick up her pace and keep a watchful eye on her surroundings. The peacefulness could be a facade hiding who knew what, so her return to the house brought some relief and security.

The coffee was ready and she settled in the kitchen with a large mug and her laptop. She downloaded the photos from her Facebook page and imported them into iPhoto.

She made several duplicates of the street scenes so that she could isolate different sections and enlarge them. She leaned her chin on her hand and studied them. As she feared, the resolution was not great.

Rosie stood at the window looking out to the back yard and growled. She pranced a little, tapping her toenails on the tile floor. Lil’s underlying nervousness brought her to full alert, and she moved quickly to the wall to switch off the light. The dim morning light still came into the kitchen, but she wouldn’t be so visible to anyone outside.

Rosie continued her almost-muttering. Lil slid to the side of the window to see what was upsetting the dog. Near an apple tree just off the patio, three cats, including the Bill-the-Cat lookalike, raced around the trunk, nipping and batting at each other. Rosie looked up at Lil, her expression saying “I can take care of those for you. Just let me out.”

Lil let out a sigh of relief, leaned over, and scratched the dog’s ears. “You are out of luck, girl. No cat chasing this morning. Besides, those cats could probably take you.”

Dean walked into the kitchen, yawning. “Does she ever answer you?”

Lil laughed. “I wish.” She then remembered James Meijer making a similar comment last night. As she went back to her coffee, she told Dean about it. “I know he’s a neighbor and friend, but he kind of creeps me out.”

“He can be a little—um—brash, but we’ve known him for years and it’s just his sales persona.”

“If you say so.”

Dean poured himself a cup of coffee and looked over her shoulder. “Those are the pictures you took yesterday?”

“Yes, I tried to enlarge sections but just as I thought, the resolution isn’t good. And even if it was, I don’t know if you could recognize anyone.”

“I see what you mean.”

He sat down at the table. “Yesterday seems like a bad dream. Peter and Helen were both, at the least, casual acquaintances of ours. But besides that, it will be a devastating loss to the whole town.”

“Your neighbor James seems to think that it could kill the Tulip Fest too, so to speak.

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