Mele's Ghostly Halloween Caper: Plus Sami's Story by J.D. Winters and Dakota Kahn (Destiny Bay Cozies Mysteries Book 6) by J. D. Winters

Author:J. D. Winters [Winters, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Cozy, Animals, Culinary, Supernatural, Ghosts, Witches & Wizards, Women Sleuths, Teen & Young Adult
Amazon: B01DEP7RCG
Published: 2016-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Well, as to sleep, I didn’t get much. It was pretty hard conking out after all that had happened. What a day! I had my first paid private investigator work… By the way, I hadn’t seen anything definite on what I was getting paid yet. Hmmm.

But anyway, besides being a P.I., I was a robbery suspect, then I had a fight with the robber and fell down a long, long way, yet survived. Foiled the robber’s escape. Got kissed by Roy. Got ghost transported by Dante—for the first time. That was something that really stood out. And was now poised to help solve a murder.

Maybe.

If I ever got any sleep.

I must have finally drifted off, because when my phone rang at 6 in the morning, waking up was really hard.

It was Deb.

“Mele, I need help.”

“What?” I was instantly wide-awake. “What’s happened?”

“Nothing, really. It’s just…listen. Last night I completely got the sense that you had some suspicions about my friends. Suspicions about the murder. Maybe. I hate to even say that, but…”

“You’re right,” I said. “I do have some questions that need to be cleared up.”

“That’s what I thought. And I wish you would get over here fast, because they’re getting ready to leave.”

“Leave?” An electric shock shot through me.

“Yes. They say they were really bummed by what happened and they want to go. Sonja’s going to drive them all down to LA with her.”

“Didn’t Captain Stone tell them not to leave town?”

“They say he didn’t. And maybe that’s right, because he didn’t really have any reason to suspect them I don’t think. Did you tell Roy anything?”

“Not really.” Oh, I could just kick myself for not doing it! “I was planning to talk to him this morning. But Deb, I really don’t have much to say. I can think things all I want, if I have no proof…”

“Okay, listen.” For the first time I noticed that she was sort of whispering. “I’ve been talking to them and they’ve told me some things that I want to tell you before it’s too late. Can you come over?”

“Right now?”

“Right now. Or they’ll be gone.”

“Okay. I’ll be right over.”

“No. Wait. I have to tell you first, because it will be hard once you’re here and they’ll be hanging around.”

“Tell me what?”

She took a deep breath. “Okay. We hardly got any sleep and I’m a little punchy, but here’s the story. They were the snake charmer.”

“’They?’ There was only one.”

“No. Pam was pretty upset and we stayed up almost the whole night talking, and finally, she admitted to me, they took turns.”

“What?”

“See, here’s what they did. Sonja has this great touch for the dramatic about her and she went to a film studio where her cousin works, looking for a costume. He pulled out the green body stocking and she knew right away that it would be perfect. She really wanted to stun everybody with it. And you have to admit, she did.”

“Oh yeah.”

“She brought it when she came last week but she kept it a secret from me.

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