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Murder as Sticky as Jam (Cooking up Murder Mystery Series: Book One) Sneak Peek – Chapter Three

Did you miss Chapter One? Did you miss Chapter Two? From Murder as Sticky as Jam  Chapter Three Mona turned to Vicki and mouthed, “Murder?” Vicki was far less subtle, “Leo, that’s not possible!” she shouted. “There wasn’t anyone there today but Mona.” “The firemen discovered a body in the shop’s warehouse,” Leo said. “A body?” Mona repeated, still in shock. Leo nodded slowly.   Mona frowned. “That can’t be right. The warehouse is all boarded up. We haven’t even had a chance to clean it …” She shook her head, trying to process her thoughts. How could someone have been in the warehouse? Vicki jumped in to say, “We weren’t using the warehouse. It was badly in need of repair.” “It was just me in the shop today, I swear.” Mona said. “There wasn’t anyone with me.” “You may not have been using your warehouse, but someone was there today,” Leo said. Vicki shook her head and said, “No, Leo. You must have it wrong, we would’ve known if someone was there.” Mona thought about her morning at the shop and quietly admit‐ ted, “Wait Vicki, it might be true, I mean I did have the music on while I was pricing stock in the front of the store. Someone could have been in the warehouse, and I may not have heard them. I just can’t imagine who would have been back there, it was a mess.” Leo provided the answer, “We were able to identify the remains as belonging to Collin MacInroy.” Vicki gasped, and Mona stared at Leo, “Collin was in our ware‐ house? What in...