Sweet Murder by Tegan Maher

Author:Tegan Maher [Maher, Tegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Magical Words Publishing
Published: 2017-10-24T23:00:00+00:00

I was just finishing my shift when Raeann sent me a text saying Anna Mae had called it right. They’d just arrested her.

That wasn't a conversation to have in a text, so I just responded that I was on my way to the coffee shop. My feet were killing me, so I jumped in the truck even though it was only a few blocks away.

I looked at all the quaint little shop windows as I drove through town and wondered which one of them was harboring a murderer. I mean, sure, Hank was a first-rate jerk and I wasn’t sorry he was gone, but he'd been riding roughshod over people around there for years and nobody'd done it yet. Why now?

Since it was nearly closing time, there were plenty of spaces in front of Brew. When I walked in, only one couple was lingering over coffee and gazing all starry-eyed at each other.

Raeann was wiping down tables, but stopped what she was doing and motioned toward the hallway that led to the supply closet. As soon as I turned the corner, she grabbed my arm.

"Oh my god, Noelle! Can you believe it? The sheriff's department just hauled Anna Mae in. They searched her house and found a copy of a life insurance policy in the amount of half a million dollars. They called the company and verified that Anna Mae is the sole beneficiary and that she'd been the one to buy the policy. Two years ago last month—long enough for the two-year contestability period to end."

"No way," I told her, shaking my head. "Anna Mae's not a killer. If she was gonna kill him, she woulda done it years ago, when he first took up with Cheri Lynn or any of the other tramps he's had a go with."

"I agree, but Coralee stopped for coffee and apparently it was like we thought—he was poisoned, and nothin' says fed-up wife like poison. To be fair though, she doesn't think Anna Mae did it, either."

"Do you have any idea what kind of poison it was?"

"No. The only people who actually know are Hunter and the coroner. They're keeping it under wraps until they find the killer. Of course, they'll have to release the information to her lawyer, but he won't be here until tomorrow afternoon. The Doolittles are bringing one down from Atlanta because they don't trust anybody from here."

I couldn't honestly say I blamed them. Hank had most of the ones here in his pocket, if rumors were to be believed. "What's Anna Mae saying about it?"

"Well, of course she's saying she didn't do it. She says she took the policy out because she figured he'd end up eatin' himself to death eventually, or else somebody else would speed the process up for her."

I quirked an eyebrow and shrugged. "I can't really say as I blame her. If I'd been in her shoes, I probably woulda played those odds, too. She probably shouldn't have said that last part out loud, though.

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