The Locked Room by Marti Talbott

Author:Marti Talbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, mystery, suspense, series, clean, clean romance, women's fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: MT Creations
Published: 2016-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

THE DAY BEFORE, EX-detective Andy Tucker checked into the hotel and then spent the remainder of the day getting to know the town, the location of Davet’s restaurant and the house. The next night, when he drove by the house, it looked like some teenagers were inside and there was no sign of Paige Fowler. He parked up the street, watched the house for a time and then called it a day. He ate dinner in the hotel restaurant and then went to the darkened bar for a nightcap. There were several empty tables, but he had questions and choose a swivel stool at the bar.

“Rum and coke.”

The lady bartender nodded and fixed his drink. When she set it in front of him, he said, “I’m hoping to do a little fishing while I’m here. Where’s the best spot.”

“Well, you might try the base of Mt. Lankton. There are plenty of trout in the Lost Bell River and there is a dirt road that runs alongside it, but you should take a weapon. Sometimes the bears and a mountain lion or two come to the river, but the cats don’t usually come down this low.”

“Thanks, I’ll give that a try.”

“You come for the fishing or the funeral?” she asked.

“Both. Do you happen to know when it is?”

“Tomorrow at ten. Half the town will be there and so will I.”

“You were a friend of Davet’s?”

“Not a close friend - he didn’t drink much and didn’t come in here at all, but my husband and I ate at his restaurant plenty of times. We always called him just plain Dave. I don’t think I ever knew his name was Davet until I read it in the paper. Makes sense though. He always said he was French,”

“I’m really sorry to hear about the accident. The article in the paper didn’t give many details.”

“Well, they say there was a witness. Dave was going up the mountain, a couple of kids were coming down too fast and hit him hard enough to push him off the cliff. To tell the truth, I hold my breath every time we go up that mountain. It is way too dangerous.” She paused to wait on a customer and then came back. “So, why do you call him Davet? Did you know him before?”

“Many years ago.”

“Then you know about the trial?”

“Only what’s in the paper.”

She leaned forward a little and grinned, “Tell the truth – you’re looking for the missing money too?”

“Too? Who else is looking for it?”

“Everyone in town, I suspect.”

“Was Davet...Dave wealthy?”

“We’ve been talking about that too. Dave was not three million dollars’ wealthy or we would have known about it. It looked to us like he just lived off of what he made at the restaurant.”

“No fancy cars or vacations to Europe?”

“Nope.” She paused to think for a moment. “He did take trips, but he always came back just a few days later. I don’t think he liked being away from his business and his daughter.”

“Daughter?”

“Uh huh, Colette.

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