KILLER COCOA PIE (Pies and Pages Cozy Mysteries Book 7) by Carolyn Q. Hunter

Author:Carolyn Q. Hunter [Hunter, Carolyn Q.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2018-02-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

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“I guess it’s about time I made you breakfast,” Carla laughed as she stood in the kitchenette of her apartment, stirring the cast iron pan of scrambled eggs. It was a much smaller food prep and cooking space than in Bert’s place, which was one reason they usually ate over there.

“You’re probably right,” Bert agreed, sipping her cup of coffee as she sat at the round card table that had been dressed up with a holiday patterned cloth and a Christmas tree as a centerpiece. Sometimes, it seemed that Carla’s shop overflowed into the apartment.

“Have you ever thought of maybe making a savory pie to sell at your shop?”

“Not really. I’m not so sure they’d sell as well as the desserts.”

Carla turned the sausage links in the next pan, browning them on both sides. “You never know. Maybe people would show up for a full course meal, like a restaurant. A savory pie followed by dessert.”

“I suppose, but there isn’t enough room for a proper sit-down dining experience. I mean, it’s more like a little café meets a bookstore, you know.”

Carla continued on her train of thought without stopping, dreaming of all the tasty items Bert could possibly sell. “Pot pie, shepherd’s pie, quiche, a breakfast pie even with sausage and egg filling and a biscuit crust,” she pointed with the spatula at the food she was cooking.

“Right now, I’m more worried about keeping dead bodies away from my store.”

Scooping the eggs and sausage out onto the plates, she headed for the table and sat down. “So, do you think that girl was murdered?” she asked, going along with Bert’s change of topic.

Stabbing her fork into a link, she shrugged. “I can’t honestly say. I mean, it is odd that she was in my shop at all. Who knows who else might have been there.”

“Do you think she was there to sabotage the shop? I mean, that rat they found?”

“I know, I know. It had a clip in its ear, meaning it wasn’t a wild animal. It was from a lab or shelter or something.”

“So, did that girl you found plant it there? I mean, come on. We didn’t find any real sign of rodents of any kind when we looked yesterday morning.”

Bert ran her finger along the handle of her mug, thinking. “I still am not convinced, Carla. I mean, could a young girl like that really be working for a huge company like Bradford and Bradford? More importantly, I know I’ve been the skeptical one up until this point, but is a business like that capable of such dishonesty? Maybe we should give them, and the girl, the benefit of the doubt.”

Carla stabbed a fork into her eggs. “I’m not buying it. Detective Mannor said it was all a little fishy.”

Sipping from her mug, Bert looked toward the window and at the rising sun over the snowy city. “He thinks this was a murder.”

“Did he tell you that?”

“No, but having been around him during these last few murder investigations, I kind of get this sense from him.

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