The Bellingham Mystery Series Volume 1 by Nicole Kimberling

Author:Nicole Kimberling [Kimberling, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Lgbt, Mystery & Detective, General, mystery, gay
ISBN: 9781935560388
Google: B10bjgEACAAJ
Publisher: Blind Eye Books
Published: 2015-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

In any relationship, trust is key. But honesty? Is complete honesty completely necessary?

Peter tapped his pen against his notebook. He couldn’t really run with this subject. He thought maybe you had to be some sort of relationship expert to write articles about how to live your love life.

Relationship expert… Yes, he could consult several experts or at least paraphrase them.

What was that, honestly—a relationship expert? Somebody who’d been married a lot? That seemed more like a failed-relationship expert than an expert on how to handle being in love or even being married.

He cast a glance to Janelle and Henry. She was sitting by his bedside, rubbing his back and watching him sleep. He couldn’t imagine watching Nick sleep. Okay, maybe if Nick had a concussion and it was medically necessary to watch him sleep, Peter could probably manage to keep up with Janelle’s level of devotion, but only until qualified professional help arrived. Peter had a restless body and a restless mind.

So why did his heart, which had heretofore been prone to sailing the seas of love, suddenly feel like it had dropped anchor for good?

After downing their cocoa, Martin and Shane had gone up to the loft to stow their gear, while Kjell and Nick had pulled out the checkerboard.

In the other bedroom, Henry mumbled something in his sleep, and Janelle quieted him. Then, apparently noticing how they all started every time Henry made a noise, Janelle closed the door.

“You know, I’ve been thinking”—Kjell paused while he jumped one of Nick’s checkers—“about what happened to Rick.”

“What about it?” Nick asked.

Kjell dropped his voice to a nearly inaudible hum. “I think Janelle might have a motive.”

“A motive?” Peter scooted closer on the couch.

Kjell said, “I might be wrong about this, but I’m pretty sure that Rick was the same guy who was riding with Nanette when she was killed.”

“I thought that guy lived down in Snohomish County.” Nick stopped playing checkers.

“People move sometimes.” Kjell tapped the checkerboard. “Are you going to take your turn or just forfeit?”

Nick scowled and took a turn. Peter couldn’t believe Kjell could care equally about checkers and murder. “Who is Nanette?”

“Janelle’s younger sister. About five years ago she was killed in an avalanche while out riding on snow machines with a couple of boys. She was fourteen at the time, and Janelle took it pretty hard.”

Skepticism welled up in Peter. “Janelle doesn’t seem like the kind of woman who would murder a man for an accident.”

“Even if the boy she was riding with was not only five years older than her little sister but so drunk that he went to his car and passed out without ever alerting search and rescue?” Kjell hopped another of Nick’s checkers.

Peter had to concede. “That does change things a little bit. Are you sure that Rick is the same guy?”

“Not really,” Kjell admitted. “It’s hard to remember faces you saw once in the newspaper half a decade ago.”

“I’m sure it’s him,” Nick said.

“Why?”

“Janelle and I talked about it when we were looking for Kjell.

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