Black and Blue and Pretty Dead Too by Mark Zubro

Author:Mark Zubro [Zubro, Mark]
Language: deu
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: MLR Press LLC; Print ISBN#978-1-60820-467-0; Ebook ISBN#978-1-60820-468-7
Published: 2011-11-29T21:55:06+00:00

BLAck And BLue And PRetty deAd, too 163

Teasdale said, “I have no idea if Belger really loved his second wife. I doubt it.”

Turner asked, “But what did they win?”

“I’m not sure. It wasn’t as if they had a trophy case. It was more in their heads. Or maybe they were gambling on it. I just don’t know. It just seemed so silly.”

“How’d they get along with Boyle?”

“Everybody got along with Boyle the same way. We avoided him. You didn’t knock on his office door unless it was a dire emergency. He’d emerge once in a while, mostly to appear at community functions with local politicians. He always smiled for those. He never smiled for us. Never said good morning. Never brought flowers or doughnuts. No presents for secretaries’ day or for holidays. I know those aren’t really in his job description, but he was cold beyond rudeness. If I was going to pick anybody in the district that Boyle came close to being friendly with, it would have been Callaghan.”

“What kind of scheme could Belger and Callaghan have hatched? Something that, despite their differences, would have kept them together?”

Teasdale thought for a minute. “I’m not sure. It would have to be money, but I heard no rumors about that. If they were involved in a property theft ring, I sure never heard about it.

Then again, I doubt if they’d have confided in me.” Turner and Fenwick thanked her for her time and tea. As they got up to go, she said, “You two should be careful, you know. You’re investigating cops. That can be dangerous. And this crowd is dangerous. Boyle is dangerous.” They thanked her and left.

The mid-morning humidity slammed into them. Not a leaf in the trees moved. Turner thought he might be able to give Fenwick a run for his money in the who-could-sweat-more derby.

They stopped at a nearby convenience store and stocked up on bottled water. Fenwick guzzled two waters in the time it took Turner to finish one.

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