Murder At Tropical Cove Marina (Cozy Mystery) (Sea Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Crystal Winters

Author:Crystal Winters
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2015-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

I made my way slowly back to the office thinking about the package. When I got back, Ethan was already waiting for me. I had so much to tell him, my mind wouldn’t stop racing with all the new information I had acquired. We went to the forensics lab and dropped off the garbage bags so they could analyze the bottles of oil for fingerprints and such. After that, we headed North to Ms. Johnson place. I had so much to talk about, from Croc and Gregg’s witness of Robert’s argument with Guz, to Carol and Ms. Johnson’s involvement with Robert. He filled me in on the alibi he got from Carol, as well as those of the fisherman and other boaters around the area.

Ethan explained, “Everyone seemed to pass with flying colors and their alibis checked out fine.” He continued, “Visiting Ms. Johnson will help further the investigation, and retrieving fingerprints from the teak oil bottles could give us a lucky break. I hope. Anyway, we sure, uh, could use something to help us figure out what exactly happened that night.” He tightened his grip on the steering wheel. “If it actually was a case of poisoning, I, uh, want to catch the killer. Robert was too nice a guy to have something like this happen to him.” He seemed to notice what he was doing to the steering wheel and loosened his grip. “Anyhow, that’s what I think.” He glanced over at me and gave me a little embarrassed smile.

The time flew by quickly. We arrived at Ms Johnson’s place in little under an hour. She lived in a doublewide trailer located in a woodsy area in what people would describe as ‘Podunk country’. Behind her property was a nice canal with tangled and twisted mangroves alongside the banks. The closest city-type civilization was a good twenty minutes away.

Ms. Johnson greeted us at the door wearing cutoff jean shorts and a tight, white t-shirt. “Maddie? Ethan? Hi! My goodness, this is quite the surprise. What brings y’all to my neck of the woods?” Ms. Johnson had retired early from her school teaching job at the age of 58 to enjoy her favorite activities: boating, camping, and traveling. She didn’t look 58; in fact, she looks better than most 30-year-olds. Her active lifestyle had rewarded her with a firm, muscled body, and her plastic surgeon had rewarded her with breasts that completed a body with perfect proportions. Her pale blonde hair—that was light enough to have come from a bottle of peroxide—served to give her the appearance of a west-coast surf bunny, rather than a woman who had spent most of her adult life teaching elementary children their ABCs. “No wonder Robert enjoyed flirting with her. It must have put a little zing in his life,” I thought to myself. In addition to Ms. Johnson’s retirement, she also had a fortune-telling business on the side.

“Hello, Ms. Johnson,” Ethan replied. “We wanted to inform you of some really sad news.

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