Organized for Picnic Panic (Organized Mysteries Book 6) by Ritter Ames

Author:Ritter Ames [Ames, Ritter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ritter Ames
Published: 2019-08-24T06:00:00+00:00

AT THE POLICE STATION, they were taken to separate interview rooms. It surprised Kate when Lieutenant Johnson of the Vermont State Police entered her interrogation room a short time later with a manila file in his huge hand. It felt like déjà vu all over again.

“Mrs. McKenzie, I didn’t expect to see you today,” the lieutenant said, sighing as he took a seat at the table. “Seems like we’ve done this before.”

Kate wanted to pop off with a smart remark of the type Meg would use. Something like We have to stop meeting like this, Lieutenant. But snark wasn’t her style. Instead she said, “It’s sad, isn’t it?”

“That it is.” Johnson opened the file.

Kate saw the pages inside were Xeroxed. “Are those Constable Banks’s notes?”

“Yes, and some from that reporter neighbor of yours,” he said, never taking his eyes off the pages. “Handy that he and the newspaper photographer were right there on the scene. Did you call him over?”

Here we go again. The man always seemed to have the worst opinion of her. “We had every reason to assume we’d be delayed by this investigation, so Keith called Gil to ask his wife Meg to take our children home with her.”

He smirked, before resuming his perusal of the file. He said in his trademark drawl, “Y’all are getting relatively informed on police procedure, aren’t you?”

“We simply wanted to make sure we were available to answer any questions for law enforcement as soon as you needed us.”

Johnson nodded but stayed silent while he reviewed each copied sheet. He finished reading the final one, straightened the copies, and closed the file. He pulled a digital recorder from his pocket, turned it on, spoke into the microphone stating his name and that he was interviewing Kate, and set the device on the table so the microphone picked up their conversation. Lacing his fingers together, he covered the file with his hands.

Another image to bring back bad memories, she thought.

“Now, Mrs. McKenzie, tell me everything you can remember about the picnic today, whether you think it has any bearing on the murder or not.”

“I don’t think—”

“Begging your pardon, Mrs. McKenzie,” he said, holding up a hand to stop her. “I didn’t ask you to think about anything. I just want you to tell me everything you’ve already told Constable Banks, and everything you haven’t. I want to know what you saw, what you heard, and what your gut response was. We’ve encountered each other enough in these nasty little bits of foul play that I know you start putting together lists of facts and impressions almost immediately. If I want to solve this murder quickly, I need to know what you already know. Even if you don’t think it’s important.”

Kate sat for a moment with her mouth open. She’d just received a compliment—at least the closest thing to a compliment she’d ever heard from Lieutenant Johnson. A wave of relief flashed through her at the idea of passing all the information in her mind to someone else.

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