Dead on Ice by Lauren Carr

Author:Lauren Carr [Carr, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780985726737
Google: K86qMQEACAAJ
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Published: 2012-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Are you kidding me?” Joshua replied to her news about forensics lifting Doris Sullivan’s fingerprints from the freezer.

“They were inside,” Cameron explained. “They also found traces of molasses and oats.”

“Doris raises Thoroughbreds.” He followed her back to the car. “What about the serial number? Were they able to trace that back to her?”

Cameron shook her head. “The manufacturer’s records don’t go that far back. But they were able to tell us that that model was built back in the early fifties.”

“No wonder it didn’t work.” He slid into the driver’s seat of his SUV and fastened his seat belt.

“Cheryl could have been hidden in that freezer somewhere else, and then transported to Albert’s place when the killer found out what a hoarder he was. He thought, or rather hoped, no one would ever discover it.” She pointed to the road for him to turn around. “Our next stop is the Sullivan Farm.”

Joshua shook his head. “Our next stop is the church.”

“Why? Are we late for a funeral?”

“No,” he laughed. “It’s Wednesday afternoon. Doris Sullivan and the ladies meet at the church for their afternoon Bible study. If we want to question Doris about that freezer, we need to go to the church.”

“Now there’s something I’ve never done,” she replied, “interview a murder suspect in a church.”

“You may get to do more than interview a suspect.” Joshua pulled his car into the parking lot behind the church. He pointed across the lot to a royal blue Cadillac parked next to the parking space reserved for the church pastor. “Mildred Hildebrand is here. Would you believe that woman has been driving blue caddies since before I was born? When you’re in Chester and you see a blue caddie, you know it belongs to Mildred Hildebrand.” He then pointed at a black dual-wheeled pickup truck parked on the other side of his SUV. “Doris Sullivan was driving pickups before it was chic for women to drive trucks.”

Anticipating an exciting visit to the church, Cameron said, “This should be fun.”

Cameron and Joshua could hear the cat fight from the moment they walked through the church doors. Instinctively, she put her hand on her gun. Joshua reached out to stop her and shook his head. When she looked at him questioningly, a grin crossed his face. Before he could explain, an elderly woman came running into the sanctuary from the back meeting rooms.

“Oh, Joshua, I’m so glad you’re here.” She pointed in the direction of the shrieks. “They’re at it again.”

They followed her to a Sunday school classroom in the back of the church. There, they found Doris Sullivan and Mildred Hildebrand rolling on the floor and pulling each other’s gray hair while surrounded by four elderly women. Doris and Mildred were shrieking like alley cats fighting over a single bite of tuna.

Dressed in a purple dress and a red bonnet, one of the class members was clapping her hands in a vain attempt to get their attention. “Ladies! Ladies! Stop this right now!”

Joshua grabbed Mildred around her thick waist and pulled her to her feet from where she straddled Doris.

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