Her conversation with Rhys MacFarlane replayed itself in Lexi’s mind as she tried to sort through proofs from her latest job. The inspector was sending him off to the other end of the island, Rhys had told her, because he still believed in Andrea’s innocence.
Rhys had said, “He thinks I’m interfering with his case because I just can’t think Andrea’s—” and then he’d stumbled over the next word. “Involved,” he’d said. “Guilty” was what he was going to say. Which meant, she realized, that Inspector Canham thought Andrea was guilty of shoving Warner Hayden off the cliff. Of murdering him.
Could Andrea have committed murder? Lexi knew about the tree-spiking incident, knew how passionate Andrea was about keeping the island pristine, but could not believe the kind, considerate woman who shared
