Just my name printed on the face of the envelope. “Why? I really do think that letter was just…local hysteria over Trevor’s murder.”Įllery’s smile was wry. When Ellery didn’t respond, Jack squeezed his neoprene-clad shoulder, turning Ellery to face him. That is, the only decipherable fingerprints were yours.”
He contributed a weekly column wherein he detailed his fierce objections to any and all changes to Buck Island in general and the village of Pirate’s Cove in particular. Although technically employed at the Scuttlebutt Weekly, Cap was no reporter. Jack glanced automatically toward the bow of the Fishful Thinkin’ where “Cap” Elijah Murphy sat in the cockpit, eating a sandwich and arguing amiably with whoever was at the other end of the ship to shore radio. “Whatever came of that? Anything? I mean, did the lab find any fingerprints?” Scuba was his one and only hobby, so it was no surprise he owned his own gear, but Ellery was renting everything from his flippers to his air tanks, and Jack was not a believer in leaving anything to chance. “Yep.” Jack spoke absently, double-checking the regulator and hoses of Ellery’s diving equipment.
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