"It's true, then," she said, leaving me stunned and a bit flatfooted to be honest, with no idea what she was talking about. "She was murdered."

Ah, Sadie. Okay. Why did that make Emelia mad again? I opened my mouth to reply when she stood and began pacing, anger better than sorrow, at least. "Amos was right. She was a fraud. Why else would someone kill her? Making me an utter fool for believing a thing she said."

Oh dear. "I'm afraid so." Winced at the ...