The Purple Bird Mystery (1965)
““You know what I told you,” he said, “and I still think I was right. It’s just crazy to think that everybody around here is suspicious.”
“But Jimmy, Joe could be the burglar. We’ve got to think of all the possibilities. He could have heard Mr. Martin ringing the doorbell, and escaped through your back door into the woods, and hidden there until Mr. Martin left, and then come out and walked around here to talk to us. He could have made up that story about the lady’s six iron.”
Jimmy shook his he...ad. “I don’t believe it. Joe’s nothing but a caddy at Fieldcrest. He’s got a steady job. He makes a lot of money. Why would he want to steal from my house? Besides, he knows all about golf and caddying—he really does—so he couldn’t be a burglar, for Pete’s sake! And he’s been nice to us, Djuna.”
“I know he has.”
“Old Joe’s all right. He was just mad at that lady golfer. But that’s the way lots of women are when they play golf. Careless as anything.”MoreLess
“But Jimmy, Joe could be the burglar. We’ve got to think of all the possibilities. He could have heard Mr. Martin ringing the doorbell, and escaped through your back door into the woods, and hidden there until Mr. Martin left, and then come out and walked around here to talk to us. He could have made up that story about the lady’s six iron.”
Jimmy shook his he...ad. “I don’t believe it. Joe’s nothing but a caddy at Fieldcrest. He’s got a steady job. He makes a lot of money. Why would he want to steal from my house? Besides, he knows all about golf and caddying—he really does—so he couldn’t be a burglar, for Pete’s sake! And he’s been nice to us, Djuna.”
“I know he has.”
“Old Joe’s all right. He was just mad at that lady golfer. But that’s the way lots of women are when they play golf. Careless as anything.”MoreLess
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