THE HOUSE ON HALLOWED GROUND by Nancy Cole Silverman

Author:Nancy Cole Silverman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery series;mystery novel;cozy mystery;paranormal mystery;Henery Press
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2019-06-25T19:21:33+00:00

“You think she’s guilty?” Detective Romero sat down in the swivel rocker next to me, and we watched Kelsey pick her jacket up off the chaise and throw it over her shoulder, then head out the side gate.

“I don’t know,” I said, “but from the way you talked to her, I suspect you do.”

“I talk to a lot of people a lot of ways. Doesn’t mean I think they’re guilty.”

“I should hope not.” I couldn’t shake the thought of my conversation with him yesterday. “And if that means you no longer think of me as a suspect, then I—”

“You can stop right there, Misty. If my questions about Lacey’s murder bothered you yesterday, I apologize. Far as I’m concerned, you’re not a suspect. You don’t appear to have a motive. You didn’t know Lacey, and the night of the murder you and your landlady were out to dinner together. Petite Trois. New restaurant in the valley. Have to try it myself sometime. It any good?”

I was stunned. “How did you know that?”

“I’m a detective. I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t. But if it will make you feel any better, Denise told me. After you kicked us out yesterday we had coffee. The woman likes to chat.”

Of course, Denise would tell him. She probably would have given him her life story if asked. And with the least little bit of prodding, shared enough information about me to make him wonder. Goodness knows I had enough.

“Is there anything else you’ve discovered about me that you’ve found interesting?” I asked.

If Romero knew anything, he knew Misty Dawn was an alias, that my real name was Agnes Butters, and I’d come to the Golden State back in the sixties in my VW Van, selling love potions that didn’t exactly mesh with the laws of the land back then.

“Not that I’m willing to share.” Romero winked. “‘Least not now. But the restaurant? Any good?”

“Yes, Detective, it was good. Excellent in fact.”

“Good to know,” Romero said.

“Now that I’m no longer a suspect, what’s next? Do you plan to ask for my help?”

“I do. I’ll admit it’s a stretch for me, since I’m a skeptic when it comes to all this psychic stuff. But, be that as it may, you appear to know these people. Zoey seems to trust you, and I could benefit from whatever it is you want to call it, your insight, maybe.”

“What is it you’d like to know?”

“Let’s start with Kelsey. You get any kind of read on her?”

“If you’re wondering if I think Kelsey killed Lacey, I couldn’t tell you. She was nervous and frightened when she saw you. But then why wouldn’t she be? She didn’t expect to find you here. As a psychic, I can sense if someone’s upset or nervous, but anything more I’d have to have time alone to read them. Otherwise, it’s just too general. And I couldn’t read her if she didn’t want me to. No psychic could. It’s impossible to read someone who doesn’t want to be read.

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