The Case of the Prescient Poodle by B R Snow

Author:B R Snow [Snow, B R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery
ISBN: 9781942691433
Published: 2018-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I waved as I strolled down the dock, untied the bow and stern lines, then tossed them onto the boat and hopped in.

“It looks like you’ve done this before,” Detective Renfro said, apparently impressed.

“Boats?” I said. “Yeah, I’ve been on the water a few times.” I glanced around at the boat I guessed was about twenty feet long and powered by a two hundred horsepower outboard motor. “This is nice. Works for fishing, skiing, or just tooling around, right?”

“Thanks, I like it,” Detective Renfro said. “I bought it used a couple of years ago. I finally decided it didn’t make any sense living here if I didn’t have a boat.”

“Can’t argue with that,” I said. “But was it really necessary for us to go out on the water?”

“I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to be seen together,” he said, firing up the engine and accelerating away from the dock.

The boat planed and I let the sun wash over me as we headed for deep water. A couple miles from shore, Detective Renfro slowed to an idle then turned the engine off. We began a slow drift as the breeze caught the boat and started to do its thing. The detective grabbed two beers from the cooler and handed me one.

“Leftover inventory from your moonlighting as a beer vendor?” I said, holding up my can.

“Yeah,” he said, taking a long sip. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw you guys there.”

“I can’t believe you took that photo then sold us out to the cops.”

“Sorry, but I couldn’t resist,” he said, laughing.

“Well played, Detective,” I said, raising my beer in salute.

I took a sip and stretched out on the seat that ran along the starboard side.

“Good call coming out here. It’s a gorgeous day,” I said, nodding as I gazed out at the open water. “This isn’t far from where the yacht blew up, is it?”

“No, it’s pretty close,” he said, stretching out on the seat across from me.

“Where you ever able to recover anything after the explosion?” I said.

“Nothing much of any real use,” he said. “We found Jensen’s hat floating on the surface. And we also found a set of keys attached to one of those bobbers. We think they belonged to his wife. The rest of what was left is now resting comfortably somewhere on the bottom of the ocean.”

“The water is deep around here,” I said, glancing over the side of the boat.

“It is,” he said, taking another sip. “There’s no way we’ll ever recover any of it. Not that anybody has any interest in looking for it.”

I nodded then yawned.

“Am I boring you already?” he said, laughing.

“No, not at all. I’m still a little behind in my sleep.”

“Stop spending late nights at the police station.”

“Yeah, thanks for the tip,” I said, making a face at him. “Okay, I guess we should get started. I assume you want to go over the ground rules first?”

“That’s as good a place as any to start,” he said, sitting up.

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