Chapter 17
The Note Writer's Motive
The identity and motive of the anonymous note writer are revealed, showing their role in Mary's plan and the subsequent investigation.
The sterile scent of the interrogation room clung to Detective Harding like a second skin, a familiar, unwelcome perfume. He traced the rim of his lukewarm coffee cup, the cheap ceramic rough beneath his calloused thumb. The anonymous note, a single, folded sheet of paper with stark, block lettering, lay between them. It had been a godsend, a jolt of adrenaline in an investigation that had been threatening to flatline. But it had also thrown a wrench into everything he thought he knew.
"You're sure this is the only one?" he asked, his voice a gravelly rumble.
Ms. Albright, the town librarian, a woman whose mild demeanor belied a surprising tenacity, nodded. "Absolutely, Detective. It was tucked inside a copy of The Scarlet Letter. I almost tossed it, thought it was someone's misplaced bookmark. Then I read it." She shivered, a delicate tremor that belied her usual composure.
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