The Inconvenient Corpse (A Maggie & Jasper Caper Book 1) by Lee Barbara Cool

Author:Lee, Barbara Cool [Lee, Barbara Cool]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pajaro Bay Publishing
Published: 2021-07-05T06:00:00+00:00

On the beach, Jasper was like another dog. He was happy and free, and when she let go of the leash he ran and jumped and pranced into the waves, barking his head off as if he was trying to drown out the roar of the ocean.

The people they passed smiled at the beautiful, happy dog, and she felt herself relaxing a bit, too, some of Jasper's joy rubbing off on her.

He came running back to her, covered in sand and his thick fur sopping wet from the salt spray.

He grinned, and bumped her in the side, and then raced off again, following her down the beach in big loops as he raced around her in circles.

He didn't seem to want to get too far away from her, though. He kept coming back and bumping and bowing down to her, his front end low to the sand and his fluffy rear wiggling suggestively.

"What does that mean, boy?" she asked him. "Are you asking me to run with you?"

So she did a bit, until she got tired and had to slow down. The next time he came to bump her she grabbed onto his leash.

They came to the far end of The Row, where the beach ended abruptly in a tumble of rocks where the cliff had once given way. A steady trickle of tourists made their way along the path that led to the parking lot at the top of the hill.

She turned around to walk the half-mile back to Casablanca.

She hadn't been thinking of much of anything except the sun and the sand and the happy dog, but the sight of Nora's green cottage perched high on the cliff above her brought her back to earth, reminding her of the dead man they had in common. So many of her friends lived on The Row. Any of them could have gotten to Mac's house along the beach.

She walked slowly, musing about what had happened yesterday.

Someone had hit Mac over the head with a pole, and then let him drown in the pool. It was someone he knew. Someone he felt comfortable-enough with to take off his robe in front of.

She knew Mac's vanity. She knew he wouldn't let a stranger see him without his robe like that. Knew how he felt about his slight middle-age paunch and his hair plugs and the dorky looking glasses he wore whenever he took out his contact lenses.

Whoever had hit him had to be someone he knew well. Or someone he didn't see coming.

She wondered about that for a minute. Could someone have done what she'd done? Come up the stairs from the beach, surprised him, and bashed him with the pole that was conveniently lying next to the pool?

It seemed unlikely. His phone had been right there, on the table. He hadn't reached for it. Hadn't called for help the way he would if a stranger suddenly appeared in his yard.

And what about that torn-up check? Lieutenant Ibarra seemed to think it was just a random scrap of paper.

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