Christmas Cozy Mystery Five Book Set by Potts Meredith

Author:Potts, Meredith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

By the time we got out of the RV Rodeo, it was after midnight. Suddenly, time was working against us. Even so, part of me wanted to keep investigating. But while my heart was willing, both my mind and my body were as tired as could be. That was especially discouraging, considering that murder cases were hard enough to solve even when my mind was sharp.

To do so when I was running on fumes put me at a drastic disadvantage. On top of that, we were only halfway through our list of suspects. If we kept pressing on, we could interview suspects until three in the morning.

I knew that I had reached the point of diminishing returns, but my brother was as hard to read as ever. His tight-lipped expression didn’t give anything away. It wasn’t until I heard him sigh that I knew the investigation had caught up with him.

After a brief discussion, we decided to pack it in for the night. Joe assigned patrol cars to watch over the houses of the remaining suspects, just in case any of them decided to make a break for it. From there, Joe drove me home where I prepared to regroup for another round of interviews in the morning.

It would be safe to say that I slept like a rock. If only it was that easy to get to sleep every night. There had been no tossing and turning, no staring at the ceiling while juggling with my thoughts, just the sleep of the dead.

The next morning, after getting caffeine in my system, I was refreshed and ready to tackle the case once again. My brother picked me up at my house shortly after eight o’clock. Before swinging by my place, Joe had checked in with the crime lab, hoping they had discovered something useful that could help us blow the investigation wide open. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. It seemed that we were going to need a confession from the killer to solve this one.

Our first stop of the morning was Mike Griswold’s two-story tan Spanish-style house. This interview should be interesting. Both Renegade Reggie and Elaine Dolan had pointed the finger of suspicion at Mike.

It was eight thirty when we arrived at his place. My brother had a chat with the patrol officer that he had assigned to keep tabs on the place. The officer hadn’t seen any movement or anything unusual overnight.

Instead of immediately pounding on Mike’s door, we decided to hang back for a few minutes. Joe and I sat patiently in his car, waiting for Mike to come out. The previous evening, Renegade Reggie had told us that Mike was on the work schedule to come in at nine o’clock this morning. That meant he’d have to leave pretty soon in order to arrive on time.

Sure enough, at eight thirty-nine, Mike came out his front door and walked toward his silver pickup truck, which was parked in the driveway.

Mike was a short man in his

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