Underhill opened the passenger door for her and then jogged around the back of my car, his eyes meeting mine as I stood at my open door.
“You’re right about that, Julia,” he said, climbing into the back seat. “We’ve been friends a long time.”
I slid behind the steering wheel and stuck my key in the ignition.
“And you and Rachel are good friends. You have a lot of laughs together, don’t you? Even if most of those laughs are over murders. You’ve been friends since you first met last September.”
Laying it on a little thick, Julia.
I glanced in my rearview mirror. “I remember last September.”
“So do I,” Underhill said. “It’s when I first realized there were powerful people in town who wanted Chief Gilroy out of the way at any cost.”
“I didn’t trust Gilroy at first,” I said.
“How could you?” he answered. “You had no way of knowing if what people said about him was true.”
I started the car. “That’s why you should get to know people before you make assumptions. You know, talk to them, ask them questions, trust them. Especially if you’re friends, for crying out loud.”
Underhill laughed. “I’m starving. Are you two starving?”
“I’ll bet you didn’t have a proper breakfast,” Julia said. “Honestly, you policemen and your food.”
“I was expecting donuts, Julia. And I didn’t get them.”
“Tomorrow,” I said. “Tomorrow morning, first thing. I promise.”
GARDEN OF DEATH
JUNIPER GROVE MYSTERY SERIES BOOK 9
FROM THE AUTHOR
We all need a place to escape to from time to time. A place where neighbors drink cups of coffee around a kitchen table (and some indulge in cream puffs), where friends feel safe sharing their hearts’ deepest yearnings, where neighbors stop to chat with neighbors outside flower shops. True, the occasional murder mars the Juniper Grove landscape, but what would a mystery series be without dead bodies? Juniper Grove is still that place of escape, and I hope you’ll join me there for all the books in the series. I look forward to sharing more of Rachel Stowe and her friends with you.
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