Case of the Butter Cream Cookie Hanging by Jessica Lansberry

Author:Jessica Lansberry [Lansberry, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-26T22:00:00+00:00

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Following her morning at the school, Beatrice found herself at a loss for things to do. Usually, she would be at the bakery on a Monday, but it was closed. When she wasn't working there, she usually had catering to do, but she had stopped taking orders in the lead up to the bake sale and was therefore fresh out of catering jobs.

The next option was to call the girls together for a bit of baking. Unfortunately, Stella was preoccupied. It turned out that she hadn't worn that fireman out as much as she had thought. They had spent the last two nights together and were now stretching their shenanigans into the day time.

She even tried calling Sophie and was shocked to find that Sophie too was busy. Sophie had recently become involved in a book writing club. It was much the same as a book reading club, but each week the members would write a short story and then read it out to the other members of the club.

Sophie gushed on the phone over the murder mystery she was writing, even stating that she had written a character based on Beatrice called Betty. Beatrice couldn't wait to read the finished product, and that was the truth. She had a feeling that it would be an interesting book, to say the least.

That left her with nothing to do but ponder the case. Unfortunately, there wasn't much left to ponder. She had the details, now all she needed to do was piece them together and create the bigger picture, whatever that may be.

To Beatrice, this was always the hardest part of any case. There was always that gap between the initial evidence collecting and that moment where the clues all fall into place. Usually, she liked to have someone to bounce clues off. And, as much as she didn't want to admit it, there was one person in particular who was most adept at this task.

"I was wondering when you were going to call," the deep voice of Detective Rogers chortled into the phone. "Someone was murdered, Beatrice knows them, so surely she has gotten involved. But now, hitting a roadblock, she needs a helping hand. Tell me I'm wrong?"

Beatrice rolled her eyes as she sat on the couch, phone pressed up to her ear. "Actually, I was calling to see about that date?" To say it was a lie wouldn't be one hundred percent truthful. She truly was calling for a date, but that was just a means to an end.

"Really?" She could almost hear him sitting up in excitement.

"Really," she smirked to herself. "What are you doing in.. Oh, say twenty minutes?"

"I'm at work," he pouted. "But I guess I can duck out?" He offered.

"Would you?" She asked, enjoying the way he scurried. She wondered what else she could get him to do, but decided against that. She was already calling him with the intention of using him. Best not push her luck.

"Why not? It's a slowish day anyway.

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