“What’s all this about Jared?” Andrea asked, grabbing the steno pad Hannah had placed on the table and flipping to the suspects page. “He’s not even on here.”

Hannah handed her a pen. “We were waiting for you to write him down. Michelle and I watched the tape from the dress rehearsal and Jared was one of the people who had the opportunity to switch the revolvers.”

“What’s his motive?” Andrea asked, jotting down Jared’s name.

“He doesn’t have one,” Michelle answered quickly. “And he didn’t do it, either.”

“How do you know that?” Hannah asked her.

“Because once Jared finished straightening the flowers on the desk, he walked over and took the chair next to Honey. He sat there with her until the gun went off, and he was still with her when they were all ushered out by the deputies and searched.”

“So he never had the opportunity to get rid of the prop gun?” Hannah asked, catching on immediately.

“That’s right. I checked it out with Honey and she substantiates everything Jared told me.”

“Well, that lets Jared out,” Andrea said, crossing his name off the list. “Is there anybody else I don’t know about”

“There’s Lloyd,” Michelle said.

“Lloyd,” Andrea repeated, her pen poised over the suspect column. “Shall I write him down? Or will I just have to cross him out again right away?”

“Write him down,” Michelle said.

And at the very same time, Hannah said, “Don’t bother to write down his name. Lloyd’s in the clear.”

“You cleared him?” Andrea wanted to know.

“No, Mike did. He told me about it this morning. Lloyd didn’t have any time to get rid of the gun. Mike watched him go over to the desk and check the drawer, and then he came right back to where Mike was standing so they could finish their discussion about guns.”

“Opportunity to switch, but no opportunity to hide the prop gun,” Andrea summarized. “Okay, who else did we eliminate?”

“Connor,” Hannah told her.

“How did we do that?”

“He didn’t have the opportunity. Frances wrote down the names of everyone who came in the door at Granny’s Attic for the dress rehearsal, and Connor wasn’t on her list.”

“Oh, good!” Andrea said with a smile. “I like Connor. Besides, I’ve talked to him a lot and I’m a pretty good judge of character. He’s just not the type to do anything violent.”

Michelle and Hannah exchanged glances, but they remained mum. Let Andrea have her illusions. The secret of Connor’s past wasn’t theirs to tell.

“We’re down to practically nobody,” Andrea told them, glancing at the list. “And I guess I should cross off Winnie’s name since we didn’t find the prop gun in her barn.”