A Ghostly Murder by Tonya Kappes

Author:Tonya Kappes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The P.O. box stakeout ended up being a bust. No one showed up to check his or her P.O. box. I didn’t know whom I was expecting—­Dixie Dunn or Emmitt Moss. The shadow I had seen in the back of the hearse must’ve been Junior’s, because it wasn’t there when I pulled into the post office.

I took the time to ask some questions.

“Mamie, do you know anyone who knew Junior?” I asked. “Or any reason someone would want to kill him?”

“Not that I know of,” she said.

“Not that you know of.” I pondered her answer and then asked Junior the same thing.

“No. I lived in the home of the near dead. Not some fancy rich person’s palace.” His brows furrowed, his arms crossed. He looked out the window. “And I was pretty popular too.” He huffed.

“I’m trying to figure out if you had the same killer or if there are two different killers out there.” I tried to recall any of the murder plots I had caught on CSI or even old Sherlock Holmes novels I had read.

“What is the last thing you remember?” I turned to Mamie.

“The last thing I remember was getting ready for bed. I had been gone all day at a charity event. I walked into my bathroom, washed my face, brushed my teeth and went back into my bedroom to put my nightclothes on.” She had a distant look on her face. “I was really tired. Just really tired. I lay down on the bed without changing, and next thing I know, I was stuck between worlds.” She smiled. “Then you came along.”

“Did you eat at the charity?”

“Just the standard fare. Relish tray, fruit, and things like that. I did have a cocktail . . .” Her eyes narrowed, “Or two.”

There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.

“Did everyone else eat the same things?”

She nodded.

“What about Dixie Dunn? Did she go with you?” I knew it was a loaded question, so I anxiously awaited her answer.

Dixie was the only person who had access to all of Mamie’s things, both while she was living and now, in the afterlife.

“Dixie Dunn is the kindest woman in the world.” She shook her crooked finger at me. “If you think she tried to kill me, you get that out of your head, because she took care of me. Good care of me!”

Mamie Sue disappeared.

“Someone got mad,” Junior said.

“If you and Mamie expect me to help you, I’m going to have to ask questions about important ­people you love and who were in your life,” I warned him. “And for some reason, I can’t put a finger on who would want to kill her. Even for her money. She seemed nice to everyone.”

I kept the information about Dixie and Emmitt to myself. There was no need to tell a ghost when there was nothing he could do and he didn’t know these ­people.

“Okay.” I let out a heavy sigh, wishing I had my phone so I could take notes. “Tell me everything about your last living day.

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