Murder on the Bucket List by Elizabeth Perona

Author:Elizabeth Perona
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, mystery fiction, mystery novel, bucket list, murder on the list, murder on a bucket list, perona, liz perona
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2015-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

twenty-one

Alice announced that she’d like to talk to Francine alone, so the two of them went to the kitchen. Alice leaned against the marble countertop of the center island and let her head drop back, staring at the ceiling. Whether it was in contemplation or disbelief, Francine wasn’t sure. “What do you think?” Alice finally asked.

“I don’t know what to think. He doesn’t sound like he’s fallen out of love with you at any rate. But he has so many secrets.”

“I don’t have a clue who this person was he was meeting or how he or she relates to Friederich, but I figure it’s got to be tied together. I think there must be a connecting reason he chose to meet in the parking lot at Friederich’s garage. Why else choose that spot?”

Francine helped herself to a handful of mixed nuts from a bowl on the island. Stress had a way of turning her into a nervous nibbler. “Just why do the police suspect Larry? What could he possibly have to gain by killing Friederich? Just because they argued about the rent doesn’t mean he’d kill him for it. It couldn’t be that much money.”

Alice picked a couple of almonds out of the nut bowl. “I suppose it’s all going to come out eventually, but promise me you won’t say anything for now. When Friederich fell so far behind in his payments, Larry threatened to take possession of the workshop and everything in it. That really upset Friederich, naturally. Larry had hoped it might make the rent a priority. Apparently it didn’t. The police know about Larry’s threat.”

Francine mentally reviewed what she’d seen in the garage. She couldn’t imagine that Friederich’s tools and equipment were valuable enough to kill for. But she also remembered something from what she and Jonathan had watched. “Have you seen the video from Larry’s surveillance equipment?”

“He showed it to me. It was an attempt to demonstrate he’s being as honest with me as he can right now. I’m afraid I don’t remember much of it.”

“I’m wondering if maybe Friederich was developing some kind of new racing technology. There was a point in the video when he brought in a brown sack that must have had something to do with his work, but he shut down the video feed before he opened it. It was like he didn’t want the camera to know what it was. When the video came back up, Friederich was gone.”

Alice sounded doubtful. “A new technology would be something Larry would kill for?”

“I didn’t say it would be. I’m just saying the police might believe it.”

“What part of the car was he working on?”

“Jonathan said it was the shocks.”

Alice popped another almond in her mouth. “Larry is not a killer, but we can ask him if Friederich was developing any kind of valuable technology. If there’s something to it, we need to convince the police Larry wasn’t interested enough to kill for it.”

Francine found she had another handful of nuts in her hand.

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