I was wary of getting in the way at the Sheriff’s Department, but found Sutton at liberty when Angela dropped me off. The crime scene techs had processed Cecil, and Sutton was happy to walk me through retrieving my dear little Cabrio from impound.
“You’re not questioning Steinway?” I asked.
“His lawyer conveniently drove Steinway here from the funeral, so that saved us some time, but the Feds stepped in a few minutes after we started. They’d hit the bank hard while he was at the funeral and seemed pretty eager. I don’t know all the details, but I get the impression Steinway had been cheating widows and orphans for a while.”
“Like Stewie’s grandmother,” I said.
He nodded. “Steinway was skimming money when customers paid their mortgages in cash, gradually putting them behind on their pay
