Maria Hudgins - Lacy Glass 01 - Scorpion House - Plot & Excerpts
Three men in black uniforms, silver epaulets on their shoulders, posted themselves in a row along the porch while Dave announced he needed all residents together. Paul ran up to the tomb to fetch Lacy and Kathleen while Roxanne, flustered to a splotchy pink, dashed around shifting potsherds and brushes to one place and another. When they were all present, Dave did the talking. “Awfully sorry about this, folks, but our Police Chief, Major-General El-Alfi, wanted to make sure we talked to y’all before anything got tampered with.” He clasped his hands behind his back and rocked up on his toes, then went on in his broad Texas drawl. “We’ve got a problem, I’m afraid. A big problem. The autopsy on Susan Donohue is done. Toxicology has some more work to do, but the bottom line is this: She died of nicotine poisoning and the main entry point for the poison was under her arms.” Through the gasps all around the room, Lacy’s voice penetrated.
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