"You said the bed and breakfast employee found RaeRae dead," I said. "Was she...in pieces? I mean, are parts of her inside all three hearses?" Of course I knew the answer. I'd seen RaeRae's head and heard the audio on the hidden tape recorder.

"Victoria?" he said, as though scolding a small child.

"Detective?" I said in the exact same way.

"I think you already know the answer to that, at least partly. No pun intended."

I snorted. "I don't believe you about the ...