Triple Threat by Camryn King

Author:Camryn King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

You two free tonight? If not, phone chat at seven? The plot thickens.

Once home, the girls touched base by phone. Sam and Ava had other commitments that night but promised to meet at Mallory’s house the following evening for an investigative pow-wow. Mallory changed into a comfy fleece sweat suit, and after grabbing a throw and the gold puzzle piece she settled into the couch. She fired up her laptop and opened the email where she’d forwarded the picture of Karen’s art piece. She clicked on the attachment and after enlarging it, placed the piece she held in her hand above the screen. The piece she held matched the shape of what was missing in the art on Karen’s wall. Coincidence? Or the artist’s intention? And if the latter, how did Leigh come to possess it? She opened a search engine and used various words to try and find the artwork online.

The next evening after work, Mallory ordered pasta takeout from her favorite neighborhood restaurant and then went to the corner for a bottle of wine. By the time Ava arrived shortly before their agreed-upon meeting time, Mallory had found a white poster board and rounded up Sharpies. She wanted to put what they’d gathered so far in writing. Somehow words became clear for her when written down.

Ava’s questions began before her coat hit the couch. “Did you see the accountant?”

“The financial consultant, Bankole? I did.”

Mallory drew a rough chart and placed his name on the first line, followed by Graham, DuBois, Weir and a question mark.

“Did you learn anything?”

“Nothing, really. He was tight-lipped, cautious, like a man with something to hide.”

“I could have told you that. Much like with an attorney, client privilege is protected by law.”

“I knew that, but was hoping that by presenting myself as the best friend come to him on Leigh’s high recommendation he’d let down his guard.”

“So he’s a dead end? Sorry, I could have probably found a better choice of words.”

“Because of his history and the bad vibe I got, he seems capable of doing really bad things. But I have zero proof that he was anything other than Leigh’s consultant. Which means . . .”

Mallory drew a line through his name.

“One down, four to go. Is that all you found out?”

“Not hardly.”

The doorbell rang. Ava stood. “I’ll get it.”

Sam entered rambling about a sick baby and a husband who had been called out of town. Rarely harried, the normal epitome of peace didn’t pick up on Ava’s disinterested expression or that Mallory had barely acknowledged her and kept writing on the board.

“Leigh was pregnant.”

“. . . and then my mother-in-law came here and—What?”

The comment turned Ava’s head as well. “Pregnant?”

Sam plopped into one of the dining room chairs. “How do you know?”

“I saw the records, and have the copies to prove it.”

“You took the cleaning job?” Ava asked, shocked. “And didn’t tell me? Or Sam? Anybody?”

“All of this just happened in the past few days. I wanted to share it when we were all together, like now.

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