Death in a Major: A Music Lover's Mystery by Sarah Fox

Author:Sarah Fox
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Women Sleuths, Cozy, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9780062413048
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-01-05T10:54:12.715000+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

THE REHEARSAL MEANT that I didn’t have much time that evening to think about my encounter with Dr. Beaufort. Instead I spent the next two hours immersed in the music of Rimsky-­Korsakov. After Mikayla dropped me off at home later that night, however, I couldn’t think of much other than Beaufort. He even overshadowed my aggravation with Elena and thoughts of Bronwyn, Aaron, and JT.

How the doctor’s evening of breaking and entering could have been for the sake of the Point Grey Philharmonic, I didn’t know. What I did know was that his reasons for committing the crime didn’t change the fact that it was a crime.

Beaufort hadn’t seemed to notice that I’d never actually agreed to recant my statement, and I had no intention of doing so. I hoped that sticking to the truth wouldn’t jeopardize my job with the PGP, but I doubted that it would. If Beaufort tried to somehow get me fired in retribution, all I had to do was reveal the story about his evening of crime, with the police to back me up. Dr. Beaufort was the one likely to get the boot if that happened, and I knew he’d be well aware of that.

All that aside, I couldn’t help but wonder what was so important to Beaufort that it would drive him to risk his reputation, his position as vice chair of the PGP’s executive committee, and his career by breaking into Major’s house. Maybe Jordan could find out—­if Dr. Beaufort hadn’t taken whatever he’d been looking for. Jordan was, after all, living in Mr. Major’s house and could snoop through his grandfather’s belongings if he were so inclined. And I guessed that he might be so inclined, especially if there was a possibility that his snooping could prove that someone other than his mother was the murderer.

Why and how Beaufort would have gone about poisoning Mr. Major, I couldn’t even guess. Well, I could guess, but at the moment my guesses would be nothing more than wild speculation drawn only from my imagination. But that didn’t change the fact that Beaufort had behaved suspiciously, and in my mind his possible involvement in the murder needed to be investigated.

Glancing at the clock on my kitchen wall, I realized with a touch of disappointment that it was too late to call Jordan that night. Enlisting his help would have to wait until the next day. In the meantime, I decided to get some sleep. Maybe some of my confusion would disappear during my slumber. I doubted it, but I could always hope.

THE FIRST PERSON I talked to the next morning was Jordan. When I told him my idea, his initial response was less than enthusiastic, especially since I couldn’t offer him a possible reason for Beaufort to want Archibald Major dead.

“But not knowing why he might have wanted him dead doesn’t mean he didn’t want him dead,” I pointed out as I spoke to my student over the phone.

“True,” Jordan conceded.

I dunked a teabag in a cup of hot water as I waited for him to think it over.

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