Like everyone else in town, Oona had been following the murder of Bunny Baldwin with keen interest. Unwilling to share details other than only the most basic facts, the police had released precious little information about the case. Consequently, The New Guilford Gazette, with its paucity of details, did little to satisfy the public’s cravings for news about Bunny’s murder, and people were left to their own devices and imaginations––namely, rumor and innuendo. Oona felt deeply gratified by the rumblings she had heard around town that mysterious herbs were found in Bunny’s system, and that Bunny was known to use homeopathic remedies and herbal cures. Oona smiled as she thought of Honeysuckle’s laboratory at Cake House––where she was not allowed to set foot––and of her stall at the Farmer’s Market where she sold her own herbal concoctions. For her part, Oona did all she could to perpetuate any gossip that might suggest a link between Bunny’s death and Honeysuckle’s expert knowledge of medicinal herbs.
