Rest in Peace by Frances Devine

Author:Frances Devine [Devine, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60260-397-4
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Clues:

1. Whatzit’s frantic cries of “No, no, get out.”

2. Fragment of paper with letters n-n-e-l.

3. Suspicion of Clyde’s illegal activities.

4. A 1968 copy of the Gazette with the story of the horse theft. (Which didn’t mention Clyde was a suspect.)

5. Another article that revealed that Clyde had been arrested for the horse theft. (According to Mrs. Miller, his lawyer managed to get him off.)

I added the facts surrounding Miss Aggie’s disappearance, including her knowledge that her nephew wasn’t at home. I listed the abandoned car and the items found in it. Then I typed in the latest news about the break-in.

Possible Suspects:

1. Laura Baker

2. Christiana Baker

3. Jack Riley

Who had a motive to kill Clyde?

1. His daughter, Laura:

a. To get revenge for his treatment of her mother?

b. Addition: Laura has found papers (perhaps letters?), which she tried to cover up, in Clyde’s safe-deposit box. Why would she hide them from me?

c. She has put the shop up for sale and indicated she needs money.

2. Christiana: Motive unknown. Addition: same as c above.

3. Someone who suspected he knew the location of the Pennington jewels?

4. Someone who suspected he knew they were involved with the theft/disappearance of Pennington jewels?

5. Jack Riley for the suspect in 3 and 4 (absolutely no clues, just a gut feeling).

6. Or could it be possible that Mrs. Miller was right and Clyde had stolen Burly Anderson’s prize horse? But Mr. Anderson was eighty-five, and his sons both lived in Chicago. Anyway, forty years was a long time to hold a grudge strong enough to kill for. (Mrs. Miller claims to have seen Gabe, the younger son, in town the night before Clyde’s murder.)

I printed the document and carried it to the parlor with me.

Benjamin arrived a few minutes later. He helped me bring in the tea cart, then went to the rec room and asked Frankand Martin to join us. I’d placed a few cookies on a plate as well.

After everyone had their drinks and sweets, I handed the list to Benjamin and asked him to pass it around. Finally, Martin handed it to me.

“What are your thoughts about it?” I asked.

“Corky’s going to be awfully mad at you if he sees this.” Martin shook his head.

The same thing had crossed my mind, which was one reason I hadn’t asked him and Phoebe to be here. “I know, but Jack Riley is a possible suspect.”

“I can’t really see that, Victoria.” Ben frowned. “You’ve suspected him of things before, and he always turned out to be innocent.”

“He could be innocent of certain things and guilty of something bigger. It seems obvious to me he knows something. I believe he’s always known something. I’m just not sure what yet.”

“Who is Christiana?” Frank asked. “You haven’t written anything by her name, but you have her on here twice.”

“Yeah,” Benjamin muttered. “I noticed that, too.”

Heat burned my face, but I pressed my lips together and lifted my chin. “She’s Laura Baker’s daughter, Frank. It’s just a hunch, but I’m pretty sure she knows something.

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