Halloween Is Murder by Carolyn Arnold

Author:Carolyn Arnold
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, cozy mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9781988353609
Publisher: Hibbert Stiles Publishing Inc.
Published: 2017-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 13

THE LUCK OF THE BLACK CAT

JIMMY HAD CALLED HIS FORMER commander from the car on the way to the police station.

Thankfully, Chandra Delarosa said she could spare five minutes for an old friend. He wouldn’t have expected anything less from the woman. She’d always been fair, yet firm, and she wore her position of authority as if she were born for the job. She was six years younger than Jimmy, but she’d climbed the ranks swiftly. Quite frankly, she would have plowed through anyone standing in her way.

He was standing outside her office door, about to go inside, and took a deep breath as he reached for the handle. This would be his first time seeing her since he’d served his notice the better part of two years ago, and he found that his nerves were welling up inside of him, as if he were back on the job and asking for a favor.

“Why, Jimmy Voigt, as I live and breathe.” Chandra had a southern accent and skin as dark as night. She smiled, got up from her chair, and held out a hand to him.

He shook it.

“How are you getting by?” she asked. “You’re still with the McKinleys at their firm, working as a PI?”

“I am.” He smiled and gestured toward the chair in front of her desk—one he’d sat in many times. “May I sit?”

“Yes, of course.” Chandra walked back around her desk. She was still smiling as she sat down, looking at him as if she were mesmerized.

Jimmy took a seat and shifted until he found an agreeable position.

“Just go ahead and get comfortable.” She must have noticed his fidgeting. “What is it you wanted to discuss?”

He had intentionally left the topic out of his phone call, but it didn’t surprise him that Chandra got to the point quickly. When she’d said she could spare five minutes, she probably meant precisely that. And the clock was ticking. “I’d like to talk to the lead detective on the Chloe Parsons case.”

“I see.” She sat back. Any trace of a smile gone. “I take it you’re investigating this case, as well.”

He nodded. “That’s right.”

She didn’t say anything.

“It’s fully legal for us to do so,” he reminded her.

“I am aware,” she said drily.

“We realize it’s an open case, and our intention is not to interfere—”

Chandra quirked a brow. “Your intention isn’t to, or you won’t?”

“Won’t.”

“I see.”

Jimmy could tell he was losing her. Chandra pulled out I see when she wasn’t impressed, just as she had when he’d first mentioned what he wanted help with. He had to give careful consideration to his next words. The last thing he wanted was to come across as if he was insulting the Albany PD. “Chloe’s sister came to us, and she feels very strongly that Chloe was murdered.”

Chandra narrowed her eyes. “And you know that we approach every death investigation seriously.”

“I do.” He wished he had Sara’s grace and softness, but he’d have to pull from his diplomacy skills. “I also know that there are limitations that sometimes factor in, such as manpower and budgets.

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