The Dana Potter Cozy Mystery Collection by Liz Turner

Author:Liz Turner [Turner, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

A Christmas Wedding

The book was a later edition than the one she had come upon in the library, but it was the same, nonetheless. Small and cream-colored, the book had its title written in fancy red script: Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada. By Pablo Neruda. This “evidence” perhaps wouldn’t stand up in court, nor would it be enough to get Inspector Bob Kelly over here, but to Dana, that was the definitive proof she needed that her suspicions had been correct: Danielle Wood was mixed up in the murder of Wallace Black. And Dana was beginning to piece to together why.

She carefully placed the book back under the pillow and looked around. She spotted a laptop peeking out of Danielle’s briefcase by the desk. Eagerly, she retrieved it and opened it. The box to type in the password waited expectantly. Guessing, she typed in p-o-e-m-a-x-x, and the screen transformed to the desktop. Oh Danielle, she thought sadly.

Dana first scrolled through the emails on Danielle’s personal account, looking for any information about her plans for Wallace Black, but found none. Most of the emails were junk, stores sending her alerts about their latest sales. She clicked into her work account, her email through the university, without much hope of finding anything there. Surely she’s not stupid enough to converse about murder in her university account. And a search for Wallace Black pulled up nothing. However, something did catch Dana’s eye.

It was an email from a fellow research professor of biology at the university, and it was discussing the latest results of their years-long study on the effects of sounds on bats.

Dana’s jaw dropped. Bats, a mammal, a flying mammal. Of course! When there was no traditional weapon used, no gun, no knife, no rope, it was that much harder to pin a murder on the culprit. But this was closer than she’d ever hope to come on that front. As she read through Danielle’s rough drafts of the lab report, the details of what must have happened that fateful night in Wallace Black’s room began to take vivid shape before her eyes.

But how on earth would she ever prove it? As she sat staring at the bright images of dozens of bats in cages, a plan began to formulate in her mind. She looked to her left out the window and to the woods. She thought of the metal object lying in her pocketbook in her room. Finally, she imagined the Wood couple downstairs right now, giddily having photographs taken for their wedding, the happiest day of their lives.

Yes, she thought. That’ll do.

***

Back in her own room, Dana quickly dialed Inspector Bob Kelly directly. He didn’t answer, so she dialed again. This time, he picked up. At first, he seemed annoyed to hear from Dana, but once she began talking, he seemed drop his guard.

“You really think that’ll work?” he asked

“I’m not positive, but I think it will be enough.” Dana bit her lip. “So, will you come?”

After a long pause, Bob grunted his acquiescence.

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