Kendel Lynn - Elliott Lisbon 02 - Whack Job by Kendel Lynn

Author:Kendel Lynn [Lynn, Kendel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - P.I. - Humor - South Carolina
ISBN: 194097612X
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2014-05-08T00:00:00+00:00

“I remember, Elliott. We’re working on it. Watch the toes, okay?”

“Sure, sure. No worries,” I said.

I walked out of the lobby just as Busy parked her red hot Alfa Romero next to the Coop.

“Hello, hello! I’m back. How’s our Gil?” she asked

“Not terrible, but in trouble, that’s for sure.”

“So Lillie filled you in?”

Lillie? “Oh, Parker, yeah. She and Ransom. I’m caught up. The insurance policy doesn’t look good. But I’m pretty sure the Lieutenant thinks Gilbert’s too crazy to be involved. I need to see what I can find to convince him absolutely Gilbert’s not involved.”

She gathered up her entourage of belongings and whisked into the station.

I called Tate Keating at the Islander Post, but it went straight to voicemail. I left a message, plus asked the receptionist to leave a written note on his desk about Gilbert not being involved in the shooting or his wife’s murder, but I had a feeling it wouldn’t matter much at this point.

I sat in my car with the top down, still trying to rationalize getting involved in Gilbert’s shooting and his wife’s murder. I actually do believe in coincidences. Case in point, Carla once commented that my new sunglasses reminded her of the Blues Brothers. Later that same day, Sid called to say she was renting the movie Blues Brothers and did I want to watch with her? When was the last time you even thought of the Blues Brothers, much less discussed them twice in one day? Total coincidence.

But larger events tended against happenstance. I thought it earlier, Ransom said it earlier, and now I couldn’t let it go. A priceless bauble stolen, a man shot, his wife killed. All within two days. Three terrible traumas, not three random anomalies. And might as well toss in Gilbert’s claims of harassment as a fourth. It’s all connected. It had to be. I wasn’t saying Bobby stole the egg, shot Gilbert, killed Jaime, and was now harassing him. Though, maybe why not Bobby? Where was he anyway?

And Mary-Louise Springer. I didn’t like that this Bonnie and Clyde duo were on the loose, but perhaps they were in Rio by now. While reassuring, it didn’t get Gilbert out of jail or solve my egg case.

Unless they lied and really did steal the egg. Just because Ransom didn’t find it, doesn’t mean I couldn’t. Now that’s motivation.

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