Erma frowned, looking much like a donkey in distress. “It made it look like he was sorry he stopped dating Alice! Like he was sorry he dated Philomena at all.”
Tippy breathed, “So she sneaked over there and murdered him.” She gaped, horrified, at Philomena.
“The library where Philomena worked is very close to Amos’s house. She could easily have slipped over there, knocked Amos over the head with the glass bottle, and then slipped back to the library,” said Myrtle. “What was more, she had some interesting knowledge. She knew that Puddin had had a public argument at the library with Amos over back pay. So there was a ready suspect after she murdered Amos.”
Puddin spat out, “Sneaky!”
Myrtle shrugged. “She was taking a chance, considering that it was daylight, but think about it: no one wo
