Hot Money by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods [Woods, Sherryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780440214854
Google: b9txAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0440214858
Barnesnoble: 0440214858
Goodreads: 12030318
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2011-11-14T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

ELEVEN

Molly tried to envision Patrice MacDonald murdering Tessa, then jetting off to hide out in some cottage in the Cotswolds or having afternoon tea at some swank London hotel. It was a difficult image to conjure up. However, if Patrice actually had intentionally left the rest of them to muster up alibis and undergo police interrogations, Molly could think of a few hundred people who might want to buy round-trip tickets to England themselves just so they could tell Patrice what they thought of her before dragging her back for prosecution.

“It doesn’t make sense,” Liza said, echoing Molly’s thoughts. “Patrice doesn’t strike me as the sort of woman who’d skip the country to avoid being charged with a crime. She’s so arro-gant, she’d be convinced she could hire a hotshot defense lawyer and beat the rap.”

“There’s only one way to find out,” Michael said, already punching in what Molly suspected was Detective Abrams’s number.

“Will he fly over to question her?” Molly asked when he’d explained the situation to the Miami detective and hung up again.

“If he eventually has enough evidence against her, yes. If it’s all circumstantial—and for the moment it is—he figures the brass will want him to wait until he digs up something more solid before going after a woman with her standing in the community.”

“Like what? A witness who saw her club Tessa with that candlestick?” Molly said derisively. “We already know no one saw that.”

“Do we?” Michael said.

Molly’s gaze narrowed. “Is there a witness?”

“Let’s just say that no one has come forward at this time. That doesn’t mean that someone didn’t see the murderer and Tessa together instants before the crime and just hasn’t put the two things together yet. Or perhaps he or she is holding out to protect the killer.”

“So we just sit around and wait?” Liza said dejectedly.

Molly shared her impatience. “Couldn’t we do something in the meantime? Maybe give Patrice a call?” she suggested hopefully.

“Absolutely not,” Michael said.

“But we could sound her out, see what her mood is, determine if she’s on the run.”

Michael grinned despite himself. “You sound like a bad TV script.”

Liza scowled at him. “It is entirely possible that she simply decided to go on a shopping spree or that she hadn’t had a decent scone in months. Maybe she’s merely soothing her ego after the way Clark Dupree betrayed her. That sounds more like Patrice.”

“Why are you making excuses for her?” Michael asked. “A few minutes ago you were ready to hang her.”

“We weren’t ready to hang her,” Molly retorted defensively, knowing full well that they had been. They had latched on to Patrice as the killer faster than old Roger had made his unexpected moves on Liza. “We just got caught up in the way all the evidence was pointing. Now that we’ve had time to think it through, it doesn’t make sense. I can’t see a woman like Patrice clubbing Tessa over the head and shoving her into the bay to die.”

“I hope you won’t mind if I don’t report your change of heart to Detective Abrams,” Michael said.

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