Hangman's root : a China Bayles mystery by Albert Susan Wittig

Author:Albert, Susan Wittig [Wittig, Albert, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bayles, China (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Herbalists
Publisher: New York : Scribner's
Published: 1994-02-12T13:00:00+00:00

"Are you kidding?" I asked. "That woman's got over a hundred and fifty cats. Plus a hundred guinea pigs—maybe two hundred, by this time. It'll take hours." I looked at The Whiz. "It'd be faster with three of us."

"I bill at one fifty an hour," The Whiz replied. She looked at me. "By the way, what are you and Ruby billing at? I need to factor it in."

"Who's paying?" Ruby asked quickly. "You or Dottie?" The Whiz was aghast. "The client always pays." Ruby and I traded glances. "It's on the house," I said. "That's what I call loyalty," The Whiz said, and shut the door

It took thirty seconds to shoot Ariella and ninety minutes to feed the cats and the guinea pigs. I got back just in time to meet McQuaid. We came up empty-handed again. One of the houses had a kitchen the size of my refrigerator and the other was across the street from the middle school, which in my view made it the House from Hell. Anyway, feeding Dottie's cats and dealing with her problem, on top of a half-day's work in the shop, had left me as edgy as if I'd been sacking rattlesnakes. McQuaid dropped me at my door with a quick kiss and a cheerful promise to keep me up to the minute on Sheila's leaks. Friendship is easier to live with than romance.

Thank heavens the shop is closed on Monday. Ruby and I rendezvoused over the phone at eight A.M. to lay out Monday's game plan. I would head for the jail to interview Dottie, then to the university to see what I could dig up. Ruby would shoot Ariella, then drive to Wimberley to scout out Max Wilde, the elusive woodworker, who might be of some help in piecing together Miles Harwick's background. We would meet at Dot-

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