Make the Ghost of It (Witch Woods Funeral Home Book 3): (Ghost Cozy Mystery series) by Morgana Best Page B

to tell us that they were looking at the other suspects?”
    Lewis shifted from one foot to the other, and then floated upward. He shot me a look, and then landed. “No, I found out something really significant.”
    “What is it?” Basil was obviously exasperated.
    “It’s about Violet,” Lewis said. “They were talking about her as a serious suspect.”
    “Why?” Basil interrupted him.
    “I’m getting to that, if you’ll give me a chance to tell you,” Lewis said with a scowl. “Violet was previously married, and to a multimillionaire. When he died, she inherited everything, apart from a summer house that he gave to his aunt.”
    I thought that over. “So is Violet a millionaire now?”
    Lewis nodded.
    “And did you know that?” I asked him.
    Lewis shook his head forcefully. “No, I didn’t have a clue. I knew she was very well off, but I didn’t have any idea of her full financial status. I knew Norbert and Violet from my college days, and then we lost touch for some years. I did say we should sign a pre-nup before we were married, and she agreed. I did think at the time that she agreed a bit too readily, and she also said that she was going to insist upon one, anyway. I just assumed I had more money than she did, so I thought it all very strange.”
    “That’s not all you didn’t know about her, if you don’t mind me saying so, Lewis,” Basil said.
    Lewis’s face changed from a ghostly white to a ghostly red. “You mean her affair with Norbert?”
    Basil nodded. “I bet Norbert’s just after her money.”
    “That’s exactly what I was thinking,” I said.
    Lewis looked offended. “But she’s awfully good looking, you know.”
    Basil and I exchanged glances. “At least you know she wasn’t after you for your money,” I said, hoping that would cheer him up.
    He did look brighter, but then Basil put his foot in it. “Perhaps she was a hoarder—you know, a money hoarder. Lewis was a millionaire, too. Laurel, just because you and I aren’t millionaires, we think having one million dollars would make someone financially happy forever, but obviously that’s not the way that Violet thought. It seems she was after every cent that she could get. Look at the awful fuss that she made when she found out that she didn’t inherit anything from Lewis.”
    “But you are a millionaire now, Basil,” I pointed out.
    An awkward silence fell over us, until Lewis broke it. “Anyway there’s more,” he said in a serious voice. We both looked at him expectantly. “Remember I said that Violet inherited the money from her first husband? Well, I presume he was her only husband.” He paused, and I wished he would just come out and tell us the information. “Her first husband died,” he continued.
    Basil’s face was growing red, and I could understand why he was losing patience with Lewis. “Just tell us, Lewis!” Basil snapped.
    I could see then that Lewis was embarrassed, and that was the reason he was reluctant to tell us. “Violet’s first husband was killed.”
    “Do you mean murdered?” I asked him.
    Lewis held up his hands. “Who knows? I didn’t even know that she had a husband.”
    “Didn’t you hear the detectives discuss it?” Basil asked him.
    “Yes, of course I did,” Lewis said. “They said her husband died in suspicious circumstances. They said it could’ve been an accident, but the fact that he was so wealthy and she had come from nothing and stood to be a millionaire after he died, made the detectives look into it. I was there when Detectives Swan and Brand called the detectives who investigated the case—it was five years ago—and then those detectives said that they could never get any evidence on her, and they really didn’t have an opinion either way as to whether she did it or not. They said there was no evidence that it was murder.”
    “How did he die?” I asked him.
    “Apparently he owned several large farms, and he went there one day to inspect one of them.