A Tough Nut to Kill (Nut House Mystery Series)
““Where do we start? The sheriff’s been through everything.”
Miss Amelia looked at the clutter. “Well, now, I don’t know. You got any thoughts?”
“Anything that’ll tell us where he’s been and who had it in for him or was so afraid of him he needed to be killed.”
Miss Amelia nodded, looking hard around the room. “I’m hoping trouble followed him back here from wherever he’d got to. Silly, I suppose, but I don’t like thinking anybody in Riverville could do what was done to Amos.”
“So let’s keep all scenarios in mind,” I said. “Somebody he was in league with against us and they had a falling-out. Or maybe an old enemy who didn’t want him back here. Or somebody who followed him from wherever he was.”
“Think we can say it wasn’t somebody new he met here in town? Only a couple of weeks, after all. Still, you know your uncle Amos. Coulda got himself into some kind of woman trouble.”
“If this was really about our family and he was back to make more trouble, I’d say there’d have to be papers, cou...rt records, legal documents.MoreLess
Miss Amelia looked at the clutter. “Well, now, I don’t know. You got any thoughts?”
“Anything that’ll tell us where he’s been and who had it in for him or was so afraid of him he needed to be killed.”
Miss Amelia nodded, looking hard around the room. “I’m hoping trouble followed him back here from wherever he’d got to. Silly, I suppose, but I don’t like thinking anybody in Riverville could do what was done to Amos.”
“So let’s keep all scenarios in mind,” I said. “Somebody he was in league with against us and they had a falling-out. Or maybe an old enemy who didn’t want him back here. Or somebody who followed him from wherever he was.”
“Think we can say it wasn’t somebody new he met here in town? Only a couple of weeks, after all. Still, you know your uncle Amos. Coulda got himself into some kind of woman trouble.”
“If this was really about our family and he was back to make more trouble, I’d say there’d have to be papers, cou...rt records, legal documents.MoreLess
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