Murder to Go (The Heights Bed and Breakfast Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) by Susan D. Baker Page A

of the murders. Will you do that
for me, Kat? I’ll be in your debt forever if you do. I need you to come down to
the police station and tell the detective in charge of the case what you know.”
    Kat
glanced around. “I’ll be happy to come down to the station with you, Carolyn.
But do you mind if I finish my set first?”

Chapter 8
    Babs stared
at her computer screen as Carolyn and Kat hovered over her desk. Babs turned to
them and frowned up at Carolyn. “Just exactly what are you saying? I would love
to help you, I’m just very busy.”
    “Don’t
you see?” Carolyn asked. “Kat got a lunchbox from Karl the same morning Porky
and Monica died.”
    “Yes,
I understand that,” Babs replied. “Is that supposed to tell me something?”
    Carolyn
took a deep breath. “Kat is willing to testify that she got a turkey sandwich
in her lunchbox. Karl wouldn’t have made more than one kind of sandwich. That
would have taken too long and been too much work. All the lunchboxes that left
The Heights would have contained the same type of sandwich.”
    Babs
nodded. “But what does this have to do with the case? Karl might have only
spread the poisonous mayonnaise on the victim’s sandwiches.”
    “Because
the sandwiches that killed Porky and Monica were ham sandwiches,” Carolyn blurted.
“Your lab report should have told you that.”
    Babs’
gaze drifted from the two and her lips parted. She looked down and went through
the folders on her desk. Opening the folder she was looking for, she ran her
finger down the page. “Yes, you are right, it was a ham sandwich. How did you
know about that? We never released that information to the media. We only
reported on the poisonous mushroom mayonnaise found in the lunchboxes.”
    “That’s
exactly what I’m trying to tell you.” Carolyn replied, opening up her laptop
and placing it on Babs’ desk. “Take a look at this blog post.”
    Babs
peered at the screen. “What am I looking for?”
    “Right
here,” Carolyn pointed. “This is Phillip Sawyer’s blog. He owns Sawyer B &
B. He wrote this blog post the morning after you arrested Karl. He even offered
a ‘Karl’ discount to all The Heights’ guests to come over to his B & B
instead. Look right there. He wrote, ‘ Don’t go to The Heights unless you
want your ham sandwich topped with
poisonous mayo for lunch ’. There is even a link to the news report but
he probably missed the fact it didn’t include any mention of the sandwich.”
    Babs
read the page with a furrowed brow. “Hmm. All right. I understand now. I better
go talk to Karl.”
    “I’m
coming with you,” Carolyn blurted.
    Babs
held up one hand. “I don’t think that’s such a good idea. You know Karl isn’t
very happy with you right now.”
    “I’m
coming,” Carolyn insisted. “I just cleared my husband of a double murder. I
want to see him when you confirm it.”
    “You
haven’t cleared him yet. Karl has to corroborate your findings first.” Babs
sighed as she looked up at the excited women in front of her. “All right. You
can come, but you’re going to sit there and not say a word. Do you hear me? Not
one single word. I’m doing all the talking. Do you understand that?”
    Carolyn
could scarcely contain her excitement. “I understand.”
    Babs
turned to Kat. “You can go now, Kat, but I’ll need to take another complete
statement from you before the day is over.”
    Kat
nodded and headed for the door. “You can find me at The Heights when you’re
ready.”
    Babs
stopped. “The Heights? I thought you were staying at Stan’s?”
    “I
was,” Kat replied. “I’m moving back to The Heights just as soon as I get my bag
packed.”
    “You’re
booked to perform at Stan’s for the rest of the week,” Carolyn pointed out.
“You can’t back out of your commitment.”
    “I
talked with Stan,” Kat replied. “He thought it was a good idea for me to go
back to The Heights. He said he would pick me up for my last two