On the Lookout by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00

Cassidy glanced at Ty as he sat across from her in the office. He’d stopped by with a late lunch—shrimp sandwiches, fruit salad, and chocolate chip cookies. She was thankful for Ty’s thoughtfulness because she’d mostly forgotten to eat today and now that she thought about it, she was starving.

“So what did Trisha Hartman say?” Ty popped a grape into his mouth.

“She said she came here four days ago—”

“Which would put her on the island in time for Al’s murder.”

“Exactly. She said she decided to come to Lantern Beach because this was the last location where Al’s phone pinged. She was worried about him and felt like they needed closure before she could move on. And her lawyer apparently had some more legal documents that Al needed to sign. But then she couldn’t find him—he wasn’t answering his phone. And then she heard about the body that had washed ashore.”

“The timing is suspicious.” Ty took another bite of his fruit salad.

“I agree. If she’s telling the truth then the timing couldn’t be worse.”

“But there’s not enough evidence to arrest her?”

Cassidy shook her head and picked one of the fried shrimp from her sandwich. “Not telling the truth doesn’t mean you’re a murderer. I’m going to look over the evidence from the scene one more time, though. Maybe there’s something we missed that will give us a clue.”

“It doesn’t hurt to double-check.”

Cassidy let out a long breath. “So, I need to narrow down who the killer could be—because there was someone else involved in Al’s death.”

“Who do you have so far?”

Her mind drifted through the possibilities. “Well, as we just talked about, his estranged wife was in town when the murder happened, yet she didn’t tell me that. I had to discover it on my own. You know the spouse is always the first person we look at.”

“What would she have to gain by killing him?”

“Maybe a life insurance policy. Maybe she was just angry that he walked out of her children’s lives like he did. There could be any number of reasons.”

“I can agree with that. What else?” Ty leaned back, fully listening and engaged.

Just one more thing to love about him. He was a great listener.

“Even though Anthony Gilead claims he’s never seen Al Hartman before, all the pieces fit that Al was a part of their little group. Someone who’s living at Gilead’s Cove could have easily killed the man and put his body in the water to get rid of it. They were probably hoping it would wash out to sea.”

“Why not just bury it? That way no one really would find it? That compound is hard to get into.” Ty took a bite of his sandwich.

“That’s a good question. I’m not sure.”

“And Gilead seems smarter than that, you know?” Ty continued. “I’m not saying he’s not responsible, but he does like to think things through. He strikes me as the type who would make someone’s death look like an accident. He’s not sloppy enough to make it look like a suicide while the body washes up on shore.

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