Murder to Go (The Heights Bed and Breakfast Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

solve this case.”
    “Do
you have any idea who might have killed Porky?” Sarah asked. “Where will you
begin?”
    “I’m
going over to Stan’s restaurant later.” Carolyn replied. “He might have a lead
on who killed him. I’m glad you called. Thank you for letting me know how you
feel.”
    “Come
home, Mom,” Sarah told her. “It doesn’t seem right.”
    “I
need space, and I need quiet. That's the only reason I'm here.” Carolyn
replied.
    “I
know you never really got along with David,” Sarah remarked.
    “I
never had any problem with David,” Carolyn countered. “I always thought you
made an excellent choice when you married him. I know it has been stressful
having his in-laws stay in the bedroom next to his. You should have heard what
I used to say to your grandmother whenever she decided to vacation at the
Lake.”
    “All
right, Mom,” Sarah told her. “Just let me know when you’re ready to come home.
You’re room is waiting for you whenever you’re ready.”
    “Thank
you, sweetie.”
    After
Carolyn hung up, she realized that she hadn’t eaten since breakfast. She paced
around the room for a while at loose ends. Then she tucked her laptop under her
arm and headed to the restaurant attached to the motel.
    The
hostess gave her a booth in the back and Carolyn set up her laptop next to her.
A man with a sweaty baldhead and a greasy apron tied around his waist came
bustling up to the table. “I heard you were sneaking around. You’re not
reviewing me, are you?”
    Carolyn
laughed. She got up and gave him a hug. “There you are, Stan. It has been too
long. Still head cook, I see. When are you going to hire someone, you need a
break. Business hasn’t dropped off has it?”
    Stan
slid into the booth opposite her. “No, I’m doing pretty well.”
    “I’m
glad to hear it,” Carolyn exclaimed. “You’ve been dishing out barbeque since
Karl and I moved to Evergreen Cove. Personally, I still think you are the best
around. You should be a historical landmark in town.”
    Stan
laughed and ran his hand along his baldhead. “I remember the first time you and
Karl came in for dinner. Karl was the first customer to give me suggestions on
my barbeque recipe.”
    “He
was right though,” Carolyn teased.
    “Still
use his recipe,” Stan laughed and waved a waitress over to the booth.
    “Lucy,
I have a special plate for Carolyn in the back. Would you please bring it out
for me.”
    “Certainly,”
The waitress answered, rushing back to the kitchen.
    “Thanks,
Stan. I’m famished.”
    Stan
eyed her. “I heard about Karl getting arrested for that murder up at The
Heights. It’s a rotten shame.”
    “I
did want to talk to you about it,” Carolyn admitted. “I can’t say I’m disappointed
Porky Tenboom won’t write another nasty review of anyone who ties on an apron. I
have been trying to figure out who hated Porky enough to want to kill him. I
looked over his food blog and saw a lot of comments from people who wanted him
dead, but I know that they were just blowing off steam. Just like Karl.”
    Stan
nodded. “I’ll admit that I was going to create a barbeque special in
celebration of his murder but thought better of it.”
    Lucy
came back to the booth with a plate of brisket, coleslaw and a big slice of
cornbread. Carolyn was overwhelmed with the spicy smell of the barbeque.
    “Thank
you, Lucy.” Carolyn beamed at the dish, the waitress smiled and walked away.
Carolyn cut into the brisket and took a bite. Her face broke out into a grin.
“Your brisket is my favorite and is this fresh baked cornbread?”
    “I
put it in the oven as soon as I heard you checked in,” Stan explained as
Carolyn nibbled on the slice. “Porky hasgiven
me so many nasty reviews I’ve stopped reading them. I only wish I could get my
customers to stop reading them, too.”
    “I
wish I could have stopped Karl from reading them,” Carolyn remarked. “His
comments on the review got him arrested for the