Murder on New Year's Eve (A Ridgeway Rescue Mystery Book 1) by Creeden P

Author:Creeden, P. [Creeden, P.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

In the hotel room, with ideas slowly bubbling to the surface, Emma started to piece together the situation. Mr. Warwick had lost his wife and took a cruise to clear his mind soon after. She validated this fact through the conversations they shared prior. Mr. Warwick was a writer, and the deceased Ms. West was his new agent and lover. But if what Miss Emberley had said was true, the new couple’s relationship couldn’t have been on solid ground.

Colby had stood up again, and muttered quietly with the sheriff, but Emma couldn’t hear them. Something had her stuck on two photos of Mr. Warwick. She stared blankly at the photo of him with the crew member and at the photo of him standing in front of the Happy lighting from the festival. Frustrated, she stood up. Molly bolted to her feet as well, suddenly ready to play from a deep sleep.

Pacing the foyer of the hotel room crime scene, Emma tried to recount the events that took place. According to her father’s theory, the thief gained access to the room, shot Ms. West, stole the valuables, and left. The facts didn’t make sense to her. She wondered how fast a crook had to be in order to fire a shot, ransack the entire hotel room, and then leave without a single interruption. She reenacted the scenario and estimated it would take nearly 10 minutes to complete all of the tasks.

Something else took place. She reset the hotel room, mentally, and played the role of Ms. West. As she pretended to brush her teeth in the mirror, Colby peered around the corner at her. He shook his head and made a whispered comment to the sheriff, successfully gaining a laugh out of the old man. Emma felt Molly nudge her leg. The Saint Bernard was also observing her, but didn’t understand the point of the reenactment. While walking to the entrance, Molly took the opportunity to playfully pounce on Emma, causing her to stumble to the floor.

Suddenly, the victim’s body and placement made sense. Emma thought that if Ms. West exited the bathroom only to find the hotel room ransacked, that perhaps she might have tripped on something she couldn’t see while brushing her teeth.

“The thief was already in the hotel room when Ms. West was murdered!” she cried out. Putting the pieces together, Emma continued excitedly. “If Mr. Warwick left the motel at 10:30, like Horace said, he’d still have enough time to change outfits, come back, commit the crime and be back out at the festival in time for the photos… almost.”

Confused, Emma needed proof that he’d faked the photos somehow. She didn’t know how he could have gotten to the festival in time for the photo with the word “Happy” in it. Molly stood patiently by, waiting for Emma to start playing. The poor pup would have to wait just a bit longer.

Rushing back to the photos, with no explanation to Colby or her dad, she started comparing the photo of Mr.

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