Thoroughly 03 - Who Invited The Dead Man? - Plot & Excerpts
9 Sheriff Bailey “Buster” Gibbons and Joe Riddley met in kindergarten. Buster’s one of our best friends, but law officers don’t look like friends when you’ve got an unexplained corpse in the corner. I was actually nervous as Buster sauntered my way. He looked like a bloodhound, but those sad eyes and hanging jowls went with the brain of a fine law officer. He asked as he reached me, Charlie at his elbow, “Something the matter, Judge?” In public and even in our offices, Joe Riddley and I always called Buster “Sheriff” and he always called us “Judge.” Before I could speak, Chief Muggins jumped in, pitching his voice to a low growl. “She’s concealing a body behind that screen. May have killed him herself. Knows who he is, anyway. Since it’s outside city limits, it’s in your jurisdiction, but I stand ready to render any assistance you may require.” Specifically, he stood between me and the door in case I tried to flee. Buster peered behind the screen. Clarinda bustled back with a thick roll of paper towels and elbowed him in the ribs.
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