Cruise to Murder by Zoey Kane & Claire Kane

Author:Zoey Kane & Claire Kane [Kane, Zoey & Kane, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Travel, Specialty Travel, Cruises
Amazon: B007408GMI
Publisher: Breezy Reads
Published: 2012-01-30T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“I know… dialing!”

“Hi, ladies. Whatcha doing?”

“Butch!” said Zo.

“I guess I’m too late for the tour.”

Claire took a few steps away from them, to report her finding.

“You live here, and you haven’t been on the tour or know all the history better than the guide?” Zo shook her head.

“You expect too much of me, woman with soft fire hair.”

“Take a look at that.” She pointed down.

“What, did you find a big fighting crab? Oh, wow, Zo, an empty hole! Tourists are soooo easy to entertain.”

“Take a little closer look down at the sand over there.” Claire was finished with her call, and flashed her cell phone’s light down for better vision.

“Okay. I see a lot of dirty sand, big deal, and… What? What is that? Fingers? Aghaaa!” He jumped back and almost fell. “Who are you ladies? Everywhere you go there are bodies! Or, in this case, maybe parts of bodies! You guys are creeping me out!” He continued in a needy, wounded tone, “I will need some kisses all around my face, Zo, for comfort. But,” he continued in a more resolute voice, “I’m not going in any dark corners with either of you!”

Two uniformed police soon came walking energetically toward their corner of the cave. “Someone found fingers?” they asked.

The guide called over, “The bus driver wants to leave!”

“I’ll make a phone call, see to it that you can get back,” volunteered Butch.

“Go on! The police want to write a report on this hole,” announced Claire.

The guide nodded and turned to leave, seemingly satisfied. Although, she did raise her brows in alarm when more people in plastic coats, with a shovel and gloves, came walking from a government van.

“I’m glad they are going to fill that hole in so no one else falls in it,” the guide muttered to herself. That is what she explained to the bus driver, and the people who overheard felt that was the responsible thing to do.

Butch, Zo and Claire stood around as observers, after the police received a rundown about Matty, the hole and how the fingers were discovered. One officer stopped the bus before it got out to the street to get on and ask the names of Matty, her mother and father, where they lived and their phone number. Everyone was impressed with how efficient the island police were about Matty’s fall.

After some careful digging and picture-taking, one man in a full body suit and mask announced, “There’s an arm and head attached to these fingers! We can presume this hole is a sandy grave for an entire body—standing up.”

“I feel faint,” Butch said dramatically, reaching a hand to his forehead.

“What?” Zo looked him in the face.

“I can’t help it if I am sensitive,” remarked Butch, whose large size would not hint of being the type prone to faint.

The police began taping the surroundings, including the front of the cave. It was indeed a crime scene. More pictures were taken all around. The three observers were asked not to walk around except when it was time to walk out.

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