Maddie's Recipe Of Mysteries (A Rockcrest Cove Cozy Mystery Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

defiantly.
     
    “That’s all I need to know,” Kyle said as he reached his hand in his pocket and pulled out a small recorder. He held up the recorder to the Chief.
     
    “That’s all I need to know.”
     
    He turned to Bailey and Madeline. “This procedure is over. Ladies,” He said and opened the door for them.
     
    The two ladies silently stood up and walked out of the room with Kyle following them.
     
    Outside, the three of them met on the steps of the police station.
     
    “The man is an incompetent boob,” Maddie complained, clearly irritated by the stubbornness of the old chief.
     
    “That he is,”
     
    Kyle agreed as he steered the women in the direction he wanted them to go.
     
    “It doesn’t sound like he’s going to even try to find the real killer,” Bailey whined. “What are we going to do?”
     
    Maddie had had just about as much as she could take. “I know what I’m going to do,” she said.
     
    “I can do a better job of investigating a murder than that idiot.”
     
    “Gran, what are you saying?” Bailey asked, concerned.
     
    “I’m saying that if I don’t want to be the one and only suspect in this case, I have to deliver them another suspect. I have to investigate the case myself.”
     
    A bit of her spirit was finally returning, and both Bailey and Kyle could see that the old Maddie was back.
     
    Kyle looked a little concerned. “I’m not sure it’ll be safe for you to get into this yourself, Maddie.”
     
    “I know what you’re saying, Kyle,” she agreed.
     
    “But I don’t think I have a choice. That man is out to get me, and unless I do something about it, he’s going to find a way to charge me for Emma’s murder.”
     
    “There’s no way he can charge you with the murder, Maddie. He has no case,” Kyle assured her.
     
    “Yes, but as long as he believes I’m the killer, he has no reason to look for anyone else either,” she countered.
     
    “And the real murderer gets to go free.”
     
    Kyle looked at his watch and knew he didn’t have the time to debate the issue at the moment.
     
    “Why don’t we meet later to discuss it?”
     
    “Well, the shop is cleared to reopen. But now it’s empty. Why don’t we meet there this afternoon?” Maddie suggested.
     
    “Fine with me,” Bailey said. “I have class soon anyway.”
     
    “All right, this afternoon. Three o’clock?” he suggested.
     
    The three said their good-byes and went their separate ways.
     
    Maddie was busy cleaning up the bakery when Bailey arrived. She had hardly noticed the time had gone by so quickly. The police had done a thorough investigation, but they weren’t that good about cleaning up after themselves. They had gone through everything in the store and had left nothing untouched. She was beginning to worry that she wouldn’t have everything back in order to reopen the next day.
     
    When Bailey arrived a little before three, she found her gran bent over inside one of the display cases, trying to clean the glass from the inside. She chuckled a little to herself as she watched the older woman try to extricate herself from her awkward position.
     
    “Oh, Bailey,” she said. “Is it three already?”
     
    “Almost,” Bailey replied. “I’m a little early.”
     
    Maddie straightened and stretched her stiff back and mopped her brow with her forearm.
     
    “I’m afraid the police left me with way too much work to reopen for tomorrow.” She made a sweeping gesture with her arm.
     
    “Look at this mess.”
     
    Indeed it was a mess. A line of dirty footprints that lead from the front of the store all the way to the back door was apparent. In the kitchen, things had been moved and analyzed. There was a fine dusting of flour over everything, and the equipment and tools were all out of place.
     
    “I don’t know what they did with all of these ingredients; they left the containers all open so I can’t use them,” Maddie complained.
     
    “I have to toss it