"You have exactly three more than the 333 on the police station." He cut his gaze to me. "I wonder why that is."

"I wish I knew," I said with a shrug. "The number three seems to be on lots of people's minds lately."

He nodded. "It's almost been three days since the hearses appeared here. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that time is almost up for your town's little rat problem to become a big rat problem. Who do you think killed RaeRae?"

"It's hard to say. I've ...