Evil Turns by Jane Tesh

Author:Jane Tesh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, Inc.
Published: 2016-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

In my office Monday morning, I made a list of what I knew so far. Friday night, between nine and ten o’clock, someone had gone to Harold’s house and killed him with a blow to the head with a heavy piece of wood. Nathan had stopped by around nine-thirty, but when Harold didn’t answer the door, Nathan went home. A short while later, Amanda came in to talk to Harold about the show, came into the house, and found him dead.

Tammy Price, whose husband Roger had been stolen away by Amanda, had a motive to get Amanda in trouble, but she also had an alibi. She’d been at the movies with her daughter and a friend. Plus she had Roger back.

Nathan had a motive, but it was to kill Amanda, not Harold. Unfortunately, he’d been seen at the house. I really didn’t want to believe anything bad about Nathan. He had his inheritance and his camp. Why would he jeopardize all that?

Joanie Raines had a motive, but again, against Amanda, not Harold.

And Megan, well, who knew about Megan? She was the only one who might have been angry with Harold if she truly wanted to marry him and he broke off the engagement. She was also the only one with her own personal rhododendron and a large, hefty stick.

Then there was the problem of Darkrose Coven, versions one and two.

Twenty or twenty-five years ago, Joanie Raines, along with Lauren Garrett and Constance Tate had formed a secret group that met in the woods near Peaceful Meadow, the site of a commune where Amanda and Megan may have spent part of their childhood. According to Nell, one of the coven members had a baby whose body was never found, a secret only a few people knew.

Now, fast-forward to today and the new Darkrose Coven and another group of young women with poor decision-making skills and one of them pregnant. Was it Britney Garrett? Was that the real reason behind her reaction when she found me at the church? Was it her best friend, Clover, or one of the girls I hadn’t been able to talk to?

Or Annie?

I felt cold just thinking about it.

My phone rang. It was Amanda in Demanding Mode. “Madeline, are you any closer to solving this?”

“I’ve got several good leads.”

Her voice was shrill and insistent. “What are they? Who have you talked to? I expect results.”

No wonder people let her have her way. It was so much easier than having to deal with her. “You have to give me time to work.”

“Have you talked to Tammy? What did she say? She has Roger. She has no reason to set me up.”

“She was at the movies Friday night.”

“Did you check on that?”

“Yes, I did. She also said you grew up on a commune. Would that be Peaceful Meadow?”

“Good lord, did she actually drag that up? I have completely blotted that out of my life. My parents were idiots. That’s all I’m going to say about that.”

“I’ll take that as a yes.

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