The Pot Thief Who Studied D. H. Lawrence by J. Michael Orenduff
Author:J. Michael Orenduff
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Humour, Fiction
ISBN: 9781480458826
Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Published: 2014-01-28T00:00:00+00:00
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âBenthropâs right, Hubie. Someoneâs killing them off one at a time.â
âWho is them?â
âThe Ten Little Indians.â
Susannah was in the bed. I had positioned my pallet on the floor so my feet were against the door. It was locked, of course, but who said the killer couldnât have a key?
âThere are only two Indians here, Maria and Srini, and neither one of them has been killed.â
âTen Little Indians doesnât refer to the victims, Hubert. It was a mystery novel based on a poem. Youâve probably heard the poem. âTen little Indian boys went out to dine. One choked to death and then there were nineâ.â
âI think I have heard it, but I donât know the mystery novel.â
âIt was originally published as Ten Little N-words.â
âTen Little N-words? Thatâs a strange â oh. The book actually had the N-word in the title?â
âWell, it was back about the time when Lawrence was here, so I guess people still used that word.â
âBut to put it in the title of a book? Thatâs shocking even for back then.â
âI guess someone agreed with you, because they changed it to Ten Little Indians.â
âI donât know it by that title either. Iâm not a fan of murder mysteries, Suze.â
âBut you are a fan of old movies, so I bet you know And Then There Were None.â
âI love that film. After the people are stranded on the island, one of the women says, âThe boat won't come until Mondayâ. Then the character played by C. Aubrey Smith says, in his best stiff-upper-lip fashion, âNo boat will ever come. We're here foreverâ.â
âThatâs scary, Hubert. You donât think weâll be here forever, do you?â
âI think the Smith character was right â no boat will ever come.â
âThis is not the time for jokes. Whatâs happening here is exactly what happened in the movie, except the ways theyâre dying are different. But youâd expect that since this is New Mexico and not England.â
âBut there are more than ten people here.â
âRight. But there are only ten dignitaries. Or were. Now weâre down to eight.â She furrowed her brow for a moment and then said, âOh my God! I remember the line for number eight. It goes, âone overslept and then there were eightâ. Remember, Hubie? Winant overslept this morning.â
âIâm sure thatâs just a coincidence, Suze. And he died from freezing, not oversleeping.â
I certainly didnât think we were trapped in an English whodunit, and I donât suppose Susannah did either, but it did seem to me there might be an important point in her ramblings. âSaunders said if we knew what the victims had in common, we might be able to figure out why someone might want them dead. Did you pick up any connections between the attendees from talking with them?â
âNo. I assumed they were all donors, but we didnât talk about that.â
âDid anyone say anything that struck you as surprising or odd?â
She mulled it over for a few seconds. âI was surprised when Srini told me had had been invited at the last minute.â
I shrugged.
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