Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs

Author:Laura Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-27T10:11:18+00:00

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TWO minutes later there was a knock at the back door. But it wasn’t the opossum nosing around for more goodies, it was Junior.

“Junior,” Suzanne said as she opened the door. “What’s up?” He was dressed in saggy blue overalls and had a red trucker cap pulled low on his brow. A pair of pink sunglasses, the kind a teenage girl might wear, was perched on his nose. Suzanne decided he looked like a disreputable mechanic who’d just escaped from a carnival. Or maybe he was just plain disreputable. If he wasn’t Toni’s almost-ex, she never would have let him in.

Junior flashed a cheesy smile. “I brought you guys another load of pumpkins.”

“Did we order more pumpkins?” Suzanne asked Petra. Toni had conveniently disappeared into the café.

Petra shook her head. “Not that I know of.”

Junior hooked a thumb back to where his rattletrap truck was parked on the hardpan outside. “I got ’em for free. I put a new carburetor in Hooch Aitkin’s truck in exchange for a load of pumpkins. I thought you guys might like ’em. You know, to line your driveway for the big Halloween party.”

“Actually,” Suzanne said, “that sounds like a very creative idea.”

Junior took a step closer to her. “I gotta ask you something, Suzanne.”

Uh-oh. “What’s that, Junior?”

“When I gave Toni a ride over here from the funeral, she was telling me about that guy Julian Elder. And I think he might be your man.”

Suzanne blinked. “Our man?” Thanks a heap, Toni.

Junior dropped his voice to an interested, conspiratorial tone. “You know, Elder could be the killer. Mike Mullen’s killer.”

“We don’t know anything for sure yet.”

“That’s why you should let me help investigate.”

“Oh no. No way.”

“I could just kind of sniff him out a little.”

“Bad idea,” Suzanne said.

But Junior was not to be dissuaded. “I could hang out at Schmitt’s Bar. Or over at Shooter’s.” His eyes burned with intensity. “I bet Elder’ll come in there. Every good old boy does sooner or later.”

“No, Junior,” Suzanne said. “Please just leave him alone. Don’t get involved.”

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