Murder at the Moonshine Inn by Maggie King

Author:Maggie King
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633932814
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: 2015-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

AT THE BOOK group’s next Skype session on Wednesday, we fairly burst with eagerness to share the fruits of our detective work. Even though we’d been updating by e-mail, more information was bound to come out in actual conversation.

We launched into our accounts, covering the visits to the Hamlin Group and the Moonshine Inn as well as our conversations with Nina, Kat, Evangeline, and Maisie. Despite the fact that this was a group effort, so far I was the only one involved in every interaction, and so I did the bulk of the reporting.

When at last we wound down, Eileen said, “Whew! Lunatics, feisty old women, lesbian erotica . . . and Evangeline sounds like a mess.”

Lucy said, “I’ve been thinking about what Hazel said about Rox being in a same-sex relationship with Marcie, or at least Evangeline’s saying she was. Maybe Rox latched onto anyone who had money, regardless of their gender.”

“Could be,” Trudy agreed. “Anyone who could give her a meal ticket.”

“I imagine Brad does well enough in his dental practice to make him appealing to a gold digger,” Eileen said. “But back to Evangeline—I apologize for not doing the research on her that I said I’d do. But my mother’s been acting up at the assisted-living place and I’ve been in meetings with the staff there. I hope they don’t throw her out.”

“Would they do that?” I asked.

“I hope not.” Eileen sounded rueful. “Anyway, I’ll see what I can find on Evangeline.”

Sarah said, “So Lucy, tell us about your meeting with Foster.”

“Okay. I have some notes here.” We heard the sound of paper shuffling. “I’ve tried to arrange all of this in chronological order. I stopped by Foster’s office and invited him for coffee. I frequently do visit my clients to touch base, see if they need anything and check on the employees I placed. So it didn’t seem at all unusual that I did so today.

“I told Foster that a couple of people from my book group had met Rox Howard’s sister and that she wanted to hire a PI to find out who killed Rox.”

“He said, ‘Who cares who killed her? Whoever did it should get a medal. Unchristian of me, I know.’ In no time he was off and running with a list of Rox’s various transgressions.”

“Good job, Lucy,” Trudy cheered.

“We’ve already heard, or read, about the movie incident countless times, so I won’t rehash that. Foster seemed especially incensed when Rox, during her tirade in the theater, asked if Foster and Pamela had been intimate yet, and then proceeded to recommend Foster’s services. In detail.”

We laughed at the sheer audacity of the deceased woman. “I’m sure the audience won’t forget that performance,” Eileen said. “But they probably forgot all about the movie.”

Lucy continued. “To quote Foster: ‘Pamela’s very religious and doesn’t believe in intimacy before marriage’.”

“Quite a departure from Rox,” I said.

“Okay, you know about Rox going to Foster’s place and causing a scene in the hallway. After that, Foster’s father suggested that he get a restraining order.

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