Poisoned Pin: A Cozy Mystery (Brenna Battle Book 2) by Laney Monday

Author:Laney Monday [Monday, Laney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Cozy Clue Press
Published: 2014-12-17T23:00:00+00:00

17

Sammi actually raised her hand and said, “Later” to the other girls as they left practice that night. I wouldn’t go so far as to say she was getting friendly, but she was really coming along.

I headed for the fridge and grabbed a soda. Those kids seriously wore me out. All the excitement earlier, my concern for Harvey, it all came sagging back on me as the girls walked out the door. All except Sammi. Her gi top and belt were off, wadded up under her arm. She walked over to me and said, “So, are you on the case or what?”

I eyed her warily. “What case?”

“Yeah, what case?” Blythe said.

I cringed. I hadn’t had a chance to tell Blythe yet about Harvey’s arrest. I was kind of waiting to see if Seattle Channel Three bothered to pick up the story. Wasn’t it enough that she already knew I’d befriended a crazy old man, gone into his house with him all alone, then had him come in here and scare the children, without her knowing he was a murder suspect too? And then there was the chandelier, the near demise of her favorite big sister. Okay, her only sister. Could I get away with leaving that part out?

Sammi crossed her arms and gave me that Come on, really? look. “You solved Ellison Baxter’s murder. Are you going to solve Derek Thompson’s too?”

So, she was finally admitting I was right about all the crimes surrounding Ellison Baxter’s murder? My investigating had landed some people very close to Sammi behind bars. Awaiting trial, to be more precise. But the evidence was pretty clear and undeniable. They were going down.

Blythe crinkled her nose. “As far as the police are concerned, Derek died of a heart attack.”

Sammi snorted. “And as far as the police were concerned, you killed Ellison Baxter. Anyway, I saw it on the news right before I came to class. The second murder in Bonney Bay in two weeks. Dan Deering’s probably standing in front of Reiner House right now.”

I groaned out loud a the thought of the relentless middle-aged reporter from Seattle. I’d had enough of that guy to last me a lifetime. So had my sister. “Blythe,” I said, “Apparently Derek Thompson was poisoned.”

“Apparently?”

“W—” I glanced at Sammi. Better not sound too friendly in front of her. “Officer Riggins told me. I ran into him earlier. When I went to check on Harvey.”

“But why do they suspect Harvey?”

“Probably because he had easy access to Derek’s food, since they lived in the same house. That is, if Derek actually ingested the poison.”

“Did he?”

I’d given in to my curiosity and concern and texted Riggins in between classes. “I don’t know,” I said. “Riggins won’t tell me anything about the case. Just that Harvey’s fine. He has his own cell. They’re keeping him there at least for today, but … ”

“They’re going to take him to Coastal State,” Sammi said. “They’ll drug him up and then we’ll never find out who really did it!”

“We?” I asked.

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