Ring for Murder (Lighthouse Inn Finale) by Tim Myers

Author:Tim Myers [Myers, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, lighthouse, cozy, fiction, traditional, tim myers, inn, hatteras west, alex and elise
Publisher: Tim Myers
Published: 2011-03-06T21:40:53.453000+00:00

Alex tried the main door, and found that it was still locked.

“It doesn’t mean he didn’t find another way inside,” Elise suggested.

“There’s only one way to find out.”

They used his key to open the main door, now that the police tape was gone. The sheriff must have moved quickly to search the building, and Alex wondered if perhaps the search had been done too hastily. There was a great deal of space there, and he believed that it was possible that he and his force had missed something. If they had, he was sure that he and Elise would find it. After all, no one knew the inn as well as they did.

After a quick inventory of the rooms, Alex said, “It’s pretty clear that he’s not here. Should we go looking for him outside, or look around a little more carefully while we’re here?”

“I vote we inspect the building before anyone else can get in,” Elise said.

“That’s not a bad idea,” Alex answered.

“Why, because you like agreeing with me?” she asked with a smile.

“It doesn’t hurt, does it? Besides, that’s as good an idea as any.”

“Then let’s start our treasure hunt. What exactly are we looking for?”

“Anything that doesn’t fit,” Alex said. “And we should start in the room where Mor and I found Tony.” Alex hated the thought of going back in there, but he really didn’t have any choice. Sooner or later he’d have to face the memory of seeing his brother in the bathtub, and the quicker he could put that image behind him, the better.

They pulled the mattress off the bed, looked behind the lighthouse painting on the wall, even checked under the bed.

Elise frowned at Alex. “Nothing’s out of order,” she said. “The floor needs a good waxing, doesn’t it?”

“And the drapes need to be replaced too.”

She looked at him quizzically, and he explained, “I had some time on my hands waiting for the sheriff to take my call.”

“What should we do?”

“We have to keep looking, no matter how painful it might be,” Alex said. He couldn’t believe that Tony could be killed so easily without at least one clue being left behind. He’d tried to put it off, but he finally forced himself to walk into the bathroom.

Elise touched his hand, and then took it in hers as they went inside. Alex felt a rush from her touch, and a new determination to push his way through this.

He looked around the bathroom, trying to take everything in. It was odd what the police had confiscated. Two towels were gone, he still couldn’t find that blasted mat, the shower curtain was missing now along with a complementary bottle of shampoo as well, but the packet with a shower cap and razor were still there, along with an unwrapped bar of soap in the shower, an unopened bar of soap by the sink, and a wrapped roll of toilet paper on the back of the toilet. Elsewhere on the sink, he did a quick inventory of the mouthwash, hand towels, facial tissues, still there, but all out of their regular order.

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