Slain in Cherry Hills by Paige Sleuth

Author:Paige Sleuth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cat cozy mystery, murder mystery whodunit, women sleuth series, amateur female sleuth, feline detective
Publisher: Marla Bradeen
Published: 2019-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

After Imogene satisfied herself that Chief Kenny had no immediate plans to arrest Faith Hagen, she and Kat left Faith’s house.

“Do you think Faith’s right about Savannah stealing from her?” Kat asked when they were back on the road.

“She knew Savannah better than I did, so I have to believe her claim has some merit.”

“Liam sure seemed convinced that Savannah hadn’t done anything wrong.”

“Yes, well, love can blind people to the obvious.”

Kat supposed that was true. Love could also cause people to take extreme action.

Like kill someone.

“Are you still up for working on those 4F fundraiser mailings?” Imogene asked.

“Sure.”

They didn’t speak during the rest of the drive. The quiet gave Kat time to cycle through different scenarios to explain the presence of that casino chip near Savannah’s body. Maybe Savannah had dropped it. Maybe her killer had. Maybe that chip had been there for days but the police had only recently discovered it because they’d had no reason to search the woods before now. Or perhaps someone had left it there to frame Faith or Liam.

There were a lot of options, but not many answers.

Imogene pulled into her garage, and they climbed out of the SUV. Clover was waiting for them inside the house. In fact, the big, white cat was so eager for their arrival he almost got socked in the nose when Imogene opened the door that led from the garage into the kitchen. But Clover didn’t seem affected by his near miss with a thick slab of wood. He was too busy craning his neck as he tried to see behind Kat.

“I didn’t bring Matty today, if that’s who you’re looking for,” Kat told Clover. “But I’m sure she misses you too. You really got her adrenaline going yesterday.”

Clover wrapped his tail around himself, a prideful glint in his eye.

Kat crouched down and cupped his face between her hands. “What’s that look for? You like terrorizing the girls, is that it?”

“Girls, boys, that one there doesn’t discriminate,” Imogene said. She pulled a can of cat food out of the cabinet and began dishing the contents into a miniature glass bowl.

Kat watched her for a moment, her brain still churning. “Do you think it’s odd Faith never filed a police report about her stolen items?” she asked. “If she had Chief Kenny would have known about her missing valuables before today, right?”

Imogene stopped what she was doing. A disgusting blob of gray meat hung from the end of the spoon in her hand, defying gravity as if it were some kind of alien substance.

“I imagine her failure to report the theft was more Liam’s doing than Faith’s,” Imogene said. “He probably wanted a chance to resolve the situation himself.”

“Except Liam claims Savannah didn’t steal that stuff.”

“Even so, having CHPD show up to interrogate his girlfriend on his mother’s behalf would have put him in an awkward position. Regardless of whether Savannah took those items, it’s obvious she and Faith didn’t have the best relationship. And poor Liam was caught in the middle.

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