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I'm sharing snippets from the 4th Alex O'Hara cozy mystery, The Case of the Wedding Wrecker. This snippet picks up where we left off last week.
Hans, the lawyer, is with Alex, her dad, and Nick's parents at the police station.
BTW, since this is a work in progress, suggestions are always welcome.
Snippet:
“When was Nick
with you, Alex?” Hans asked.
“He came in at
three-oh-five, and stayed until a little after eight.”
Hans raised his
bushy eyebrows. “Three-oh-five? That’s very specific.”
“He woke me up,
and I looked at the clock.”
Hans kept his
expression blank. He sure didn’t give anything away.
“I still say
Nick didn’t do it,” Tony said. Maria and Pop added their voices to his.
And a little more:
“And they
arrested Nick without questioning him first?” Pop had thought further ahead
than I did. This whole thing had me so riled up I wasn’t thinking as fast as I
should.
“That’s just
not right,” Tony added. “Not procedure.”
Hans let them
rant. While it was good that they were able to vent, I kept thinking about Nick
threatening Mike Amerson. I could understand him doing that right after the man
held Maria hostage and manhandled me. But, as I’d said, that was weeks ago. Why
threaten the man now? I didn’t believe Sharon’s claim that he and Mike had argued
at a gas station on Thursday. I put gas in the cars on Wednesday, even Nick’s
because I’d used it on a stakeout. The cars didn’t need gas. And if what she
said was true, why was Nick at the gas station? Was it an accidental meeting or
was Nick following Amerson?
My head ached
from all my questions.
Poor Alex. She can't think straight right now. At least Tony and Pops are. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's for sure.
DeleteQuestions and more questions. Curiouser and curiouser.
ReplyDeleteYep!
DeleteSo many questions, as a good mystery should be! Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteI would certainly have a lot of questions if I were in her situation. Does he pop in and out of her bedroom every night?
ReplyDeleteNo. He was living with her, except for that night because of what his mother said. Alex was willing to go along with that but not Nick. LOL
DeleteThere's a lot of information they need to uncover. Enjoyed this!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate.
DeleteThey do have a lot to contend with, but I suspect she is up to the challenge. I'm enjoying these excerpts.
ReplyDeleteLots of questions keep popping into her mind. She (and the others) were stunned by the arrest. Gradually, Alex & the Pops are thinking like the investigators they are.
DeleteI need to go back and catch up with this, but I'm giving Nick the benefit of the doubt for now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nick. I hope you enjoy the snippets.
DeleteThere is an intriguing mystery here. Good suspense building.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I try.
DeleteKaren Michelle Nut, every week I try to post a comment and get an error message. I am so sorry. It must be me and my computer. But I want you to know I read your post every week.
ReplyDeleteI am having the same problem, too. It kept telling me there was an error and I was signed in.
DeleteSo much info in this snippet, but so well written! Definitely enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Danii.
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