“In the past week she had spoken to thirty next of kin. None of those deaths had jumped out at her as being suspicious. Next up was Joshua Reynolds. Burned to death in his bed back in January. After reading the obit, she had contacted the fire department. The autopsy showed the man’s blood alcohol level had been sky-high. Apparently, he lit up a smoke, then passed out. The guy had a history of smoking in bed and had started fires that way before. This time luck had not been with him. His cigaret...te had dropped into a filled wastebasket. The entire place had gone up, Reynolds with it. He had been survived by a wife and two kids. Luckily, when the accident occurred, they had been staying the weekend at Mrs. Reynolds’s mother’s in Asheville. A trip into the department’s computer provided the wife’s current address and phone number—Melanie punched it in. After four rings, a woman answered. “Good morning,” Melanie said cheerfully. “Is this the residence of Mrs. Joshua Reynolds?”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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