The Last Bite by Sonia Parin

Author:Sonia Parin [Parin, Sonia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

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“The pâté. The poison had to have been in the pâté. The box was in the Mayflower Catering office overnight. Anyone could have tampered with it.” Eve left the message and disconnected the call. Belatedly, she realized she hadn’t told Jack anything he didn’t already know. The lab people had already determined the cause of death so that meant they’d found traces of the poison in the pâté.

“Jack didn’t answer?”

Eve slipped her cell phone inside her pocket. “No, but hopefully he’ll listen to my message and get back to me.”

“What if he doesn’t? You’ll never share information with him again?”

“You talk as if this is going to be a recurring problem. This is it. No more deaths on the island, thank you. We’ve already had our run of bad luck.” She relaxed her shoulders and took in the pretty scenery. The leaves were turning, but there were still some splashes of color, the last blooms of summer. Potted plants still hung on verandas but soon they’d be taken in. Some of the houses had had fresh coats of paint and that would brighten up the cold days ahead.

“It might be like a fad. Island life had been too quiet for too long. Now it’s our turn to experience murder and mayhem.”

“In that case, I might have to pack up and leave. I don’t think I can live in a place where I have to constantly look over my shoulder.”

“You’ll get used to it. You do realize we’re under constant threat of a meteor hitting the earth. But you don’t see people walking around looking up at the sky to see if they can spot one. Everyone gets on with the business of living life because the disaster they fear might never happen.”

Eve frowned. “Hang on. What about the doomsayers?”

“Do you see anyone standing at the curve holding up a placard, beware, you might be next?” Jill asked.

“I wouldn’t joke about it.”

“No, I guess not.” Jill laughed. “This mental image of you walking around with a sandwich board popped into my head. It’s going to be like one of those tunes you can’t rid of.”

“It could come to that.” Eve shook her head. “Honestly, there have been three deaths since I’ve come to live here.” And to think she’d come here to relax...

“Freakish coincidence. Let’s hope it has nothing to do with the law of attraction.”

“What do you mean?” Eve asked.

“You know, what you think about, you bring about because that would mean you have murder on your mind.”

“Hey, why me? Why not someone else on the island?”

“Because you’re the newcomer.” Jill smiled. “An easy target. By the way, I took some photos of the guests on the yacht. What do you want to do with them?”

“We’ll print them up and start a pin board.”

“Do we get to draw circles around the main suspects?”

“You sound thrilled.”

Jill hummed. “I’ve had a quiet month.”

“I thought you were happy dating Officer Matthews.” The two had paired up when Officer Matthews had been

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