Muraille Island by Mavis Applewater

Author:Mavis Applewater [Applewater, Mavis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781722124656
Publisher: Wednesday Afternoon Press
Published: 2018-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Augusta, ME

September 19, 2017

Faith paced in front of her car with her phone pressed against her ear. She stopped to gas up and relax. Sitting in a Burger King, she had been thumbing through the old police files when she stumbled across something that filled her with concern.

“Come on, pick up.” Faith pleaded blowing out a sigh of relief when the person she was calling answered.

“Chuck its Faith Charles. I wanted to thank you again for all of your help.”

“How did it go with Leo?”

She told him what Leopold had told her. She felt certain that Sheriff Dunklin was left still scratching his head.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Anything.”

“Why didn’t you mention that Ella Westbrook was once a suspect in Temperance Muraille’s death?”

“I honestly forgot about that bit of nasty business,” he chuckled. “Now, my old man was just a patrolman. Sheriff Burkehead was running the show. He was a good guy. I doubt he would have thought twice about Miss Westbrook if Miss Muraille’s brother hadn’t been such a pain in the ass. Sheriff thought his accusations were a bunch of nonsense but he was obligated to check it out.”

“Was there something to his allegations?”

“Sheriff didn’t think so. My father certainly thought it was a load of crap. If I recall, her brother thought her claims on the estate were just as bogus as the Jordan’s.”

“She was one of the last people to see her employer alive,” Faith pointed out while jotting down some notes. “We know the will was valid but that does give a gal incentive. Plus, by her own admission they argued that night.”

“When you put it like that,” he tersely responded.

“I’m just curious if she was dismissed as a possible suspect because she was well liked or was there something else that led the police to that conclusion. I can see how, a couple of Nazis versus a sweet little lady could give an investigator a case of tunnel vision.”

“I see your point.”

“I don’t think there’s anything to it, I was just curious.”

“Something like that is bound to make you ask questions.”

“You mean like did the police go after the wrong guys?”

Of course for Faith the bigger question was did she just send Shawn off to meet with a killer?

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