Scene of the Crime: Return to Bachelor Moon. Carla Cassidy

      Chapter Four

      Sheriff Jim Thompson was a font of information about the history of Sam and Daniella’s relationship, which had formed when Sam had come to the bed-and-breakfast for a vacation.

      During that two-week stay, it had become apparent that Daniella was in danger—the first indication the murder of Samantha Walker, the daughter of Mayor Brian Walker.

      It had later been determined that the bed-and-breakfast gardener, Frank Mathis, had been obsessed with Daniella and little Macy. He’d killed Samantha Walker as a gift to Daniella, because Samantha had planned on opening a bed-and-breakfast that would directly compete with Daniella’s business.

      Armed with this little bit of history, the three agents were now on their way to see Brian Walker. “Maybe the old man blamed Daniella for his daughter’s murder and exacted some kind of revenge against the family,” Jackson said as Gabriel drove down the tree-lined street that would take him to the ex-mayor’s house.

      “More than two years is a long time to let rage fester,” Gabriel replied. “If he does have something to do with the Connellys’ disappearance, then there had to have been some sort of trigger.”

      “A week ago was Samantha Walker’s birthday,” Andrew said from the backseat where he had a laptop open, checking facts.