The Witch who Got the Blues: Mpenzi Munro Cozy Mysteries - Book 3 by Katie Penryn

Author:Katie Penryn [Penryn, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Karibu Publishers
Published: 2016-09-18T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

We drove the first few miles in silence. Sam sat in the corner of the back seat rocking himself backwards and forwards and avoiding my eye in the rear view mirror. Felix looked across at me in query but I shook my head and mouthed Leave it.

It wasn’t until we neared the Esplanade that Sam caught my eye in the mirror and spoke.

“Penzi, what are we going to do? Inspector Dubois really thinks I did it. He really thinks I killed Jonny Sauvage.”

What could I say? Dubois had shown that Sam had means, motive and opportunity. Well, at first sight he had. I mentally granted Dubois points one and two. Had I considered the possibility that Sam was guilty? The treacherous thought had crossed my mind, I have to admit, but I had dismissed it quickly. I could almost have imagined Sam wanting to kill Jonny Sauvage to punish him for what he had tried to do to Emmanuelle, but smothering an unconscious man would have been against the moral fiber of the young man who was my brother. The only possible scenario that would have made sense to me was if Sam had fought Sauvage and injured him fatally. I could imagine manslaughter but not murder.

This case was not about manslaughter.

We were almost home when I answered Sam.

“It’s no good going on about how you don’t have the character to murder someone. Dubois wouldn’t listen. Two avenues of defense are available to us. One, we prove you didn’t have the opportunity. We have to show that you were elsewhere at the critical time. I leave that up to you, Sam. You must take Gwinny’s car and go back to the recycling center, find out if your car shows up on any of the records for the CCTV cameras. We know they have them from the last case. Failing that, check out the route back to the house. See if there are any CCTV cameras along the route, possibly in the gatehouse on the town walls. Check with the neighbors. Did anyone see you in our street at the critical time? Did you stop along the way? Can you do that today because Felix and I have other people to question?”

“Yes, I can do that, but I feel so scared it’s going to be difficult to act confident and ask the right questions.”

I smiled at him in the mirror as I turned into our street.

“Sam, you can do it. Quite honestly, you have to because Felix and I have to concentrate on the second avenue of defense.”

Felix turned round to look at Sam. “You know what that is?”

Sam shook his head.

“Attack. It’s often the best form of defense. We find the real murderer and present him to Dubois on a plate.”

I sighed as I parked the car and switched off the engine. “Here we go again. Treading on Madame Fer-de-Lance’s toes.”

“She can’t do anything to us though, can she Penzi?” Sam asked as he got out of the car.

“She could.

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