Treats, Tricks, and Trespassing: A Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store Mystery by Kathleen Suzette

Author:Kathleen Suzette [Suzette, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
Publisher: Kathleen Suzette
Published: 2023-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Now that I’ve had some time to think things over, I’m still certain that Diana killed Barbara. Honestly, there’s not much thinking that needs to be done. She’s suspicious just because she didn’t go with Barbara on the one ghost hunting trip where she died.” Christy put the lid back on the glass jar of orange and black jellybeans and put them on the shelf. Anything Halloween-themed was going to sell quickly, and this was the second time today we had refilled that jar.

I nodded. “I know what you’re saying. She seems incredibly suspicious.”

She turned to me. “Do you think she’s really selling drugs out of her back room?”

I chuckled and shook my head. “No, her shop is creepy, but I don’t think she’s selling drugs. When I told Ethan what Angela told us about the drugs, he said there have never been any reports about it, and he didn’t see any evidence of it when he was there. He is, however, a bit suspicious of her for murder.” Personally, I thought he could just arrest her right now and wrap up this murder case. Her behavior was just too suspicious, and I felt relatively good about calling her the murderer. Unfortunately, Ethan had this thing about wanting evidence.

I put the lid on the canister that held peanut butter taffy wrapped in orange and black waxed paper.

Two customers browsed the shelves looking over the candy, and I smiled at one when she looked up and caught my eye. She nodded and went back to looking at the candy in front of her. Christy and I went behind the counter and sat down, taking a break. It had been a long morning, and I was ready for lunch, but it wasn’t quite time yet.

The bell over the door jingled as Larry Farley walked in. I nudged Christy, and she looked up from her phone and nodded.

“Good morning, Larry,” I said, sliding off my stool and going to lean on the counter. “How are you today?” Larry was short and stocky, with thinning blond hair. I thought he had to be in his mid-forties.

He grinned. “I am in the mood for candy. Don’t tell my wife, though, because I’m not going to share it with her.”

“Oh, you can’t do that,” Christy said, joining me at the counter. “It’s not nice to keep candy from your spouse. I mean, I do it, but that’s me.”

He chuckled and stopped in front of the display case. “Wow, look at all that fudge! I don’t even know how you can stand to work here without eating all of it. That’s certainly what I would do.”

“I’m tempted,” I said. “Believe me, I am so tempted.” I had made fifty pounds of the sweet creamy stuff this morning and I wouldn’t have had any trouble eating a thick slab of it for lunch. I never got tired of it.

He chuckled. “How about I take half a pound of pumpkin spice fudge, and a quarter of a pound

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