"Kiser, Marcia - Doctor Of Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kiser Marcia)

Salida felt as bewildered as Dr. Green looked.

"Why don't you start at the beginning?" Salida suggested, trying to maintain her composure.

"I can see how it might be difficult, Detective," Almira said.

"Detective? Almira, what have you done?" Althea asked.

"I went to the police, like you suggested, dear."

"I did not suggest going to the police, Almira," Althea growled.

"Of course, you did, dear. It was two or three weeks ago. I remember perfectly. We were trimming the last of the roses in back and you said it would be so nice if someone turned Dr. Green in to the police. So, I did."

"Oh, Almira, you didn't?"

"Oh, yes, she did," Salida broke in. "And I want to know why she's accusing Dr. Green of murder."

Althea sagged against the counter. "Almira, what have you done?"

"I'm trying to see that justice is served, Althea, if you must know. I didn't realize you were quite so dense. I thought this is what we both wanted. We wanted her to suffer -- as her father should have."

"What does my father have to do with this?" Dr. Green slapped her hand on the table.

"Your father killed our husbands," Althea said. "He was drunk and he swerved into the wrong lane and hit the car our husbands were driving head on, killing them instantly."

"My parents were killed in that accident. There was an autopsy. My father had not been drinking," Dr. Green shot back.

"I saw the accident. Your father's car was over the center line." Almira sniffed.

"It's been twenty years, and we still grieve for our husbands. They were good men," Althea said.

"Twenty years? My parents have only been dead for ten."

"What?" Althea and Almira said in unison.

"Wasn't your father Dr. Woodward Green?" Althea managed to ask.

"No, my father was Woodrow Green, the plumber."

"Oh, no!" The sisters-in-law looked at each other.

Salida gave them a moment, then asked, "So, what about these seven deaths that Almira was telling me about?"

"Almira, you didn't?"

"Of course, I did. I planted, I think that's the correct term, evidence to convict Dr. Green of the murders. But the police never investigated, so after your excellent suggestion, I gave them a little push."

"Evidence? What evidence? Almira, what have you done?" Althea asked.