Murder, She Meowed by Rita Mae Brown

Author:Rita Mae Brown [Brown, Rita Mae]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429
ISBN: 9780553898651
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2004-03-29T13:00:00+00:00

Cynthia hooted as Harry recounted the supermarket incident. She dipped a wooden fork into the boiling water to pluck out a few noodles. “Not quite ready.”

Harry set the table. Mrs. Murphy reposed as the centerpiece. Tucker mournfully gazed at the checkered tablecloth.

“Here.” Harry tossed the corgi a green milkbone.

“How can you eat that stuff?” Murphy curled her front paws under her chest.

“I’ll eat anything that doesn’t eat me first.”

“Very funny. My grandmother told me that joke.” The cat flicked her right ear.

“Here we go.” Cynthia put the pasta on the table. “Is she going to eat with us?”

“Well—if she bothers you I’ll put her on the floor, but she loves pasta with butter, so once this cools I’ll fix her a plate.”

“Harry, you’ll spoil that cat.”

“Not enough,” came the swift reply as Harry diced pasta for the cat and then made a small bowl for Tucker, too. She put butter on her own noodles while Cynthia drenched hers in a creamy clam sauce.

“Can’t I interest you in this sauce?”

“You can interest me, but I’ve got to lose five pounds before winter really sets in or I won’t get rid of it until April. Susan and I made a vow last week not to put on winter weight.”

“You aren’t one pound overweight.”

“You don’t squeeze into my jeans.”

“Harry, you’re reading too many fashion magazines. The models are anorexic.”

“I don’t subscribe to one fashion magazine,” Harry proudly proclaimed.

“Of course not. You read whatever comes into the post office.”

Harry sheepishly curled her noodles onto the fork. “Well, I suppose I do.”

“You’re the best-read person in Crozet.”

“That’s not saying much.” Harry laughed.

“The Reverend Jones reads a lot.”

“Yes, that’s true. How’d you know that?”

“Called on him yesterday in the course of my duties.”

“Oh.”

“I wondered how well he knew Coty Lamont, Mickey Townsend, and the rest of the steeplechase crowd, and if he knows any knife collectors.”

“He knows more people than anyone except Mim and Miranda, I swear. Did he know anything about those—”

“More!” Tucker barked.

“No.” Harry sternly reprimanded the greedy dog.

“Said he knew Coty Lamont from years back when he was a groom. I also asked him about Rick’s bait and switch idea. Put a fake tattoo on a horse’s upper lip and sell it for a lot of money. Herb said it just wouldn’t work today. Rick’s having a hard time giving up his pet theory since we’re running into dead ends. The boss can be very stubborn.”

“That’s a nice way to put it.” Harry scooped more pasta on her plate and used just a little of the clam sauce, which was delicious. “Did he have any ideas about what’s going on?”

“No. You know Herb, he likes to rummage around in the past. He took off on a tangent, telling me about when Arthur Tetrick and Mickey Townsend were both in love with Marylou Valiant. Coty Lamont used to spy on Mickey for Arthur.”

“Spy?”

“Wrong word. He’d pump the grooms at Mickey’s for news about when and if he’d dated Marylou that week. She dated both of them for about six months and then finally broke it off with Arthur.

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