UNEASY PREY by Annette Dashofy

Author:Annette Dashofy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: amateur sleuth;murdery mystery series;women sleuths;cozy mystery
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2018-01-26T20:12:45+00:00

Pete swung by the station to check in with Nancy and make a few phone calls. The first was to Baronick to update him on the gun, jewelry, and cash Janie had reported stolen from her grandmother’s house. The detective reported they were still inventorying the property seized at the Engle farm.

“I left a unit to keep an eye on the place for when these assholes come back for their goodies,” Baronick told him.

They made arrangements to meet in the morning. There would be no weekend off for Pete. Not until they busted these guys.

His second call was supposed to be to the Sanders woman. He couldn’t put her off indefinitely. But as he pondered a good excuse to avoid her, his cell phone rang.

“This is Debra at Golden Oaks Assisted Living,” said the voice on the other end.

His heart threatened to burst out of his chest.

“There’s no emergency…” she continued.

He refrained from saying, then why the hell are you calling?

“…but your father insisted I phone you for him. He wants to speak with you.”

Pete was about to tell Debra from Golden Oaks he’d stop in tomorrow afternoon, but Harry’s voice on the phone stopped him. “Son? Is that you?”

“Yeah, Pop. What’s up?”

There were some shuffling noises on the line before Harry replied in a conspiratorial whisper, “I seem to have myself in a jam.”

“What do you mean? What kind of jam?”

Harry’s voice lowered even more. “I’ve managed to get lost. I’m at some sort of hotel. I don’t know how I got here, and your sister isn’t around. I’m afraid something’s happened to her.”

Pete closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose. “You’re fine, Pop. Nadine’s fine too. You’re…” He hesitated to tell his father he was in a nursing home. “You’re on vacation.” A lie, but Harry wouldn’t remember it in another five minutes anyway.

“Vacation?” He wasn’t whispering anymore. “Since when?”

“I’ll stop in to see you tomorrow.”

“What? No. Wait.” More shuffling sounds, and Harry’s voice once again dropped. “Look, there’s something strange going on around here.”

“Are you okay, Pop?” Stories of nursing-home abuse jumped into Pete’s brain. “Is anyone mistreating you?”

“No. Heavens no. I mean…as far as hotels go, this one’s pretty nice.”

Relieved, Pete asked, “Are you getting enough to eat?”

“Yeah. I think so. But you’re not listening to me. I’m telling you there’s weird shit going on in this place.”

“What kind of weird shit?”

Harry’s whisper turned frantic. “I think someone here is covering up a murder.”

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