Deadly Isle by Dani Pettrey

Author:Dani Pettrey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction-Romantic Suspense;FIC042040;FIC042060;FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493414864
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2018-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

ten

“YOU SHOULD GET AT LEAST a couple hours rest,” Callen said, handing her a steaming cup of hot cider with a cinnamon stick. “We’ll go talk with Jared after I confirm my findings at your house.”

“Okay, I’ll rest. Just not ready quite yet.” Sleep would elude her or be filled with nightmares, she suspected.

“Okay, if you are sure.” He grabbed a yellow legal pad and a pen from the table and placed it in front of her.

She scrunched her face in curiosity. “What’s that for?”

“Start by writing down the names of everyone who came by after the fire. I’ve found most arsonists like to revisit their work.”

“That’s sick.”

“But unfortunately true.” He exhaled. “Together we can write down all the locals’ names, and then we’ll compare lists and see if we can come up with a narrowed-down suspect pool.”

“Great. Okay . . . so the purpose of this is . . . ?”

“We start with every possible suspect on the island and then narrow it down. For example, we know it was a man, so we’ll highlight the men’s names.”

“Why not just write down only men’s names?”

“Just because you saw a man in the woods doesn’t mean he worked alone or for his own purposes.”

“Meaning someone could have partnered with him or hired him?” Could Marybeth have ordered all this for her son to carry out? Her hatred for Teni ran even deeper than Jared’s.

“All things are possible at this point. I know you had a fight with Jared, but what about your ex-fiancé?”

Of course he’d heard. Everyone had by now. Gossip ran rampant on the tiny island. “Alex?”

Callen rubbed the back of his neck. “Surely he’s upset about your broken engagement.”

Teni grimaced. “Sure, he’s upset, but he is the one who called it off.”

Callen’s eyes widened a bit, and she could tell he had questions, but she didn’t want to go into her relationship with Alex at the moment, so she just said, “We both had concerns, but he initiated it.”

“But he could still be bitter about it, or maybe he expected you to resist his suggestion you break it off. If he married you he’d own this island with you, right?”

“Yes . . . ?”

“I’m sorry. I know I sound cold asking these questions. I don’t mean to be insensitive. It’s just an investigator’s training, which you understand full well.”

She nodded. She understood, but it didn’t make it pleasant. “I get it,” she responded. What Callen said was plausible, but he didn’t know how much Alex loathed Talbot—always said it would make a better golf course and expensive resort. He had tried to talk her into selling it more than once. But she’d put an end to that idea at their engagement party, when he went as far as introducing her to an interested developer who was friends with his father. But surely, he wouldn’t go so far as to . . . What would he gain? Revenge? “It couldn’t be Alex. Lenny took him back to Annapolis before the storm blew in.

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