Malice in Wonderland by Liliana Hart & Scott Silverii

Author:Liliana Hart & Scott Silverii [Hart, Liliana & Silverii, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 7th Press

Chapter Eleven

“I think I’ve nailed down what’s been rattling around my brain,” Agatha said.

“I thought I smelled something burning,” he said, chuckling.

“You’re just a laugh riot today,” she said.

“I think you’re a bad influence on me.”

She grinned and turned back to the pictures she’d put back up on the screen. “I want to talk this through, but tell me if you’ve already thought of any of these things.”

“Will do.”

Agatha had switched to water because she could feel her system start to jolt with all the tea in her system.

“Buck was found resting on his right side as though he’d been sleeping,” she said. “But look what’s noticeable once I blew up the photos and lightened them a bit.”

Hank nodded, proud of her for seeing what he’d noticed earlier. He’d said it before, but she would’ve made a dang good cop.

“There are signs of lividity in his left calf, hamstring, triceps and neck.” She moved to the next enhanced photo and grinned. “But look at the right arm. There are signs of lividity in the arm, but not in the triceps. The coloring is on the outside of the arm, which means he didn’t die laying on his right side like the picture shows. You can also see the lividity on the bottom of his feet.”

“The body always tells a story,” Hank said.

Agatha nodded. “So, when Buck died, he was sitting up on the side of the bed, feet on the floor. He dies and falls back onto the bed.” She demonstrated on the chaise. “His left arm was next to his body, but the right arm was extended. Almost as if it were reaching for something.”

Hank rocked back on his heels and stuck his hands in the pockets of his cargo shorts. She was good. Very good.

“The drawer is open on the nightstand,” he said. “Maybe that’s what he was reaching for.”

“A gun?” she asked. “I didn’t see any pictures of what was inside the drawer.”

“Our time was limited, and I didn’t notice the drawer was open until I started examining the photos.”

“Could be anything in there,” she said. “And maybe he wasn’t reaching for anything at all. It takes about half an hour for lividity to set in, but to get that level of deep purple you’re looking between an hour or two that he was in that position after death. So, he was definitely moved a while after he died.”

“Do you think Heather touched him when she went in to meet him?” Hank asked.

Agatha shrugged. “She said no, but you never know.”

“Nice work, Sherlock. So how does this line up with time of death, and who had access to him?”

“Heather and I went into check the room just after nine o’clock. It was still light outside, but it would’ve been full dark in another half hour. From the time Heather disappeared from the conversation we were having to when she came out screaming was between five and ten minutes. I sent you a text when she ditched me.”

Agatha got out her cell phone and checked the text log.

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