The Diamond Deception (Tipperary Carriage Company Mystery Book 2) by J A Whiting & Nell McCarthy

Author:J A Whiting & Nell McCarthy [Whiting, J A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J A Whiting Books and Whitemark Publishing
Published: 2020-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

12

Mae spent the next several days working with Copper both morning and evening. The upcoming event was no longer just a normal driving engagement. If it was, she would have taken Steel.

The Arts Fair at Riverfront Park was now part of an actual police operation intended to catch some jewel thieves.

Three days before the Fair, Mae stood in the barn aisle with Copper and prepared to drive him yet again.

“You don’t have to do this, Mae,” Ross said. “I know I told you it would be good to help, but at the end of the day, it’s the job of the police to catch criminals. Not yours.”

“I know,” she said, tightening the girth on Copper’s harness. “I keep telling myself these people can’t be that dangerous if all they did was steal a ring.”

“But you can take one look and know they’re anything but harmless.”

She nodded. “I can’t explain it, but yeah, I got a bad feeling about them from the start. I guess I told myself that I’m going to meet all kinds in a business like this one . . . but these people were pretty unsavory.”

“They proved you were right at that street fair.”

Mae took a deep breath. “Yeah, they sure did. I don’t think they’d hesitate to ‘accidentally’ drive over a person, or even a horse, if that’s what it took to retrieve their stolen loot and save their own hides.”

Ross walked to the tack room and then handed Mae the bridle. “The police think the crooks want you to use the same horse and carriage so they can find you.”

“But I think we know the real reason.” She glanced at him as she settled the heavy bridle on Copper’s big head. “They’ve seen Copper spook on two occasions. They plan to do it again, because now they know just how to do it.”

“That’s right. Cause a diversion so they can get away with their ring. Just like two of them got away at that other event, in front of a crowd that was looking right at them.”

Ross ran his hand down Copper’s long flaxen mane. “You sure you want to take him? Just say he went lame and you had to take Steel instead.”

“Oh, I thought of that, but the police said that if I was going to help with this operation, I’d have to take the same horse or else the crooks would disappear on them again.”

“A different horse might not fit their plan.”

“Yup. That’s what I thought, too.”

“Maybe you could use a different Belgian.”

Mae looked up. “A different, what?”

“Belgian. Find one that’s used to street driving and cars and scooters. Most of them have Copper’s same coloring and markings. They tend to look similar. I don’t think those city crooks would ever know the difference.”

“Well, that might be an idea. Do you know of a Belgian horse I could use? One that would be all right driving downtown and looks enough like Copper? He is pretty tall and a dark red. Plus, he’s got a long tail for a draft horse.

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