Killer in the Band by Lauren Carr

Author:Lauren Carr [Carr, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, whodunit, Police Procedural, Romance, Crime, Suspense
ISBN: 9781537376479
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Published: 2016-09-25T23:00:00+00:00

As the weather was lovely, Joshua was tempted to drive his classic Corvette, but then he remembered that he’d told Cameron that he would stop at Clyde Brady’s farm to check on how the old man was really doing. The simple farmer’s driveway consisted of a rutted dirt road that led up to his old farmhouse. Joshua suspected that the sports car would be too low to the ground to make it without bottoming out.

It was midafternoon when he pulled up to the farmhouse, which was in dire need of new siding. A newer pickup truck was parked near the barn on the other side of the yard. He saw a half a dozen cattle in the small pasture.

Not recognizing the truck, Joshua strolled over to the fence. A calf who was eating nearby raced over to hide behind her mother.

“Hello!” someone said from the barn’s loft. “Can I help you?”

Joshua shaded his eyes and looked up to see a middle-aged man wearing overalls and work gloves.

“If you’re selling something, we’re not interested,” the man said.

“I’m Joshua Thornton. My wife is investigating Monica Brady’s murder. She’s out of town, and she asked me to check on Clyde. Can you tell me who you are? We weren’t aware that Clyde had any field hands working for him.”

The man in overalls disappeared into the barn. A moment later, he trotted into the barnyard, climbed over the fence, and took off his work gloves to offer Joshua his hand. “I’m Andy Simmons. My farm is right across from Clyde’s, and I’ve been helping him out for the last few years.” He gestured to the half dozen cattle in the pasture. “As a matter of fact, these are my cows here.”

“What happened to Clyde’s?”

“He couldn’t keep up with taking care of them,” Andy said. “Over the last couple of years, my wife and I noticed that the farm was being neglected, and we got afraid that the livestock was going to suffer, so I started to keep an eye on things, and if I noticed that the cattle hadn’t been fed by a certain time of day, I’d do it. It got to the point where I was doing it every day. One day, Monica asked me if I’d be willing to buy them. But she also asked me to just let them stay here and to not say anything to Clyde about it.”

“You mean she asked you to keep it a secret from Clyde?”

Andy nodded his head. “I know. It’s weird.”

“Did she say why?”

“She said they were having money problems, but she didn’t want to say anything about them to Clyde, because she didn’t want him to worry about money. So I paid the price that she asked for, and we didn’t say anything to Clyde. I have a receipt and can show it to you if you want.”

Joshua shook his head. “What kind of problems were they having?”

“I didn’t want to be nosy.”

“How long ago was that?”

“About a year ago,” Andy said. “Date I took ownership is right there on my receipt.

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