Tempting Fete by Kate Silvers

Author:Kate Silvers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, cozy mystery animal, diverse cozy mystery, cozy mystery romance, cozy mystery crafts
Publisher: Katherine Gilbert
Published: 2023-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7—Whispers about Poison

It was about 5 p.m. when Di finally had a chance to get close to Mac and out of earshot of the others, as they were on their way to give their dinner orders to Aunt Mary.

It had occurred to Di that they should probably be careful about upsetting the woman if they didn’t want to go the way of the mayor, but, so far, he didn’t think they’d said anything she could take offense at. Mostly, she’d done the talking.

“I had a chat with Velveteen’s assistants,” Mac noted, before he’d filled her in about what the sheriff had said. “From their perspective, at least, Velveteen is pretty thoroughly peeved at having to play mayor, so I think we’re right that she’s out as a suspect.”

Nodding, Di agreed and told her about his conversation with the sheriff, as they walked slowly toward the diner.

Listening and nodding, Mac pondered, “Well, I always suspected he was on the take, so that’s no surprise. But you’re right. Why kill the mayor, when he’s making him rich?”

Playing devil’s advocate, Di added, “Well, apparently, it was the mayor who forced the sheriff to work with the state police to arrest the VanRowe kid.”

Mac stared at him like he was crazy, the late afternoon sunlight shining off her brown hair in a way which made her look like she had a halo. Di had to try not to sigh, as she went on.

“That’s nuts. He’s the local law enforcement. If the state police say, ‘jump,’ he’d better already be reaching for the ceiling.”

“I don’t think he sees it that way, though,” Di shrugged.

Leading him back toward the table where she’d bought Peewee’s frog costume earlier, Mac shook her head.

“I’m not sure that man knows the way the law works at all.”

Although he kept his voice low, Di wondered, “Do you think that’s why the mayor was trying to have him removed from office? Maybe he was afraid that, if they didn’t play ball, the state police may start looking into how the town was run a bit more?”

Holding up a doggy crab costume, Mac stared at him defensively, not answering this.

“What? Peewee always gets crabby when he’s in big crowds for several days.” Still, seeing his look, she added, “No? Very well.”

She continued to dig through the costumes, musing.

Of course, she’d also entirely left Di to his own devices, as Peewee looked up to him with a look which clearly said, Help me!

She was also ignoring the case.

“Uh, Mac, I don’t think we need . . .”

“Nonsense,” Mac shut him down, choosing . . . heaven only knew what and paying Lily from The Well-Dressed Pet for the outfits.

At the other end of the table, someone was pondering a pencil costume which was evidently for a python.

While Lily couldn’t have been comfortable in the heat in her usual all-black ensemble, her pink hair shining in the sun—which would probably match her skin if she were out here for much longer—she was clearly happy with her profits.

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