Poisoned Secrets
Aloud thud from the apartment above made Kane McDowell flinch and sit straight up in the lounger.
"What was that?" Edwina Bacon asked, putting her teacup down on the table next to her.
Kane's gaze riveted to the ceiling of Edwina's place. "Maybe Henry dropped something."
"I don't know. He didn't look well tonight when I saw him go upstairs. That's the second strange sound I've heard coming from the apartment above. What if he fell and hurt himself?"
"You worry too much about the tenants, Edwina. Henry's certainly capable of taking care of himself." His words didn't erase the worry on the elderly woman's face. Kane pushed to his feet. "But if it will make you feel better, I'll go upstairs and check."
"Oh, thank you. I wouldn't want anything to happen to someone here. Even Henry."
"You read too many mysteries," Kane said as he headed for the foyer of the apartment building he owned.
Kane's leg ached as he mounted the stairs to the second floor of the converted mansion. He'd overdone it today. Covering the short distance to apartment 2A, he knocked. He waited a minute and then rang the bell. Nothing.
Henry Payne sometimes was out late. But if that were th ... read full excerpt from: Poisoned Secrets ebook
