"A Murder In Milburn", Book 3: Death In The Library by Nancy McGovern

looked dignified, speaking from a lectern at some university.
    “May’s idea of Selena’s personality,” Harvey said. He laughed. “I think Selena herself would have loved a color photo of hers, maybe in a punk rock T-shirt with a rebellious look on her face.” From his own coat pocket, he now took out a single white rose, and lay it near the photo.
    “Goodbye, Selena, and good luck in the next world.”
    “You met her,” Nora said. “She interviewed you a little while back, didn’t she? We were talking about it at dinner with the mayor.”
    Harvey sighed. “Yes.”
    “Why didn’t you tell me?”
    “Why didn’t you just forget it? Oh, who am I kidding. I knew you wouldn’t forget it. Even if you did have a blow shaking your brains about a bit.”
    Undeterred, Nora asked again, “Why didn’t you tell me, Harvey?”
    “Because I don’t tell you every single detail about my life, alright, Nora?” Harvey snapped. “Just the way you don’t share much about when you’re in a mood to investigate.”
    “If you asked me something, I’d share it with you,” Nora said.
    “Yeah, well, it’s hard to ask when I don’t know what to ask,” Harvey retorted. “Anyway, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you she interviewed me, but you can ask me what you like now.”
    “What was it about?” Nora said.
    “Not so fast,” Harvey said. “If I’m going to be interrogated, I demand the right to interrogate you back. All right? Let’s trade a question for a question.”
    Nora nodded. “Sounds fair.”
    “Lovely.” Harvey cracked his knuckles. “Ok. Round 1. Ladies first.”
    “What did she interview you about?”
    “I own a real estate firm, what do you think she interviewed me about? I told you already. She was interested in some of my property,” Harvey said. “I thought she might be interested in investing, and told her the details. I also gave her options that I thought were cheaper and would fit her budget, though she was very fixed on this particular property.”
    “Which one?”
    “The one I met you in that day,” Harvey said. “The place with the yellow gate.”
    “Why were you there?”
    “Hold it,” Harvey said. “Now that’s two questions you’ve asked me. I’m asking one back.”
    Nora puffed her face impatiently, but when he looked stubborn, she said, “All right. Ask.”
    “Why are you investigating Selena’s death?”
    Nora shrugged. “At first, it was because I cared for Tina, because I was there to witness her fight with Robert, and because I was curious. Now, it’s become a little more personal. The assailant tried to murder me. I got lucky that you rushed in, and even luckier that he didn’t also try to attack you.”
    “The only reason he didn’t attack me was because I was smart and ran right out of there with you,” Harvey said. “I didn’t even call the police till I was already at the hospital. I wasn’t going to stick around and fight with a lunatic in the dark, even if I did feel like murdering him myself.”
    “I didn’t thank you for that, did I?” Nora said. “For saving my life.”
    “Forget it,” Harvey said. “I’m just glad you didn’t think of me as a suspect because I was there.”
    There was a pause, and Harvey inhaled sharply as he saw the look on Nora’s face.
    “You did,” he said, and his voice grew very soft. “It crossed your mind that I might be lying.”
    “Harvey--”
    “Did you seriously think, even for a second, that I murdered her, or that I attacked you and Grant and somehow made Robert disappear?” Harvey asked. “Did you think that even though you know Sean’s currently organizing a massive hunt for Robert and that he’s most likely the killer?”
    “It’s not just intuition that tells me he’s the killer,” Nora said. “Robert is an incredibly smart, well travelled man. He’s also written several crime novels. Would a man like that commit murders that were, well, sloppy? ”
    “Sloppy?” Harvey laughed. “So,