“So who do you think killed her, Hannah?” Charlotte leaned closer again. “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I overheard her on her cell phone one day, and she told someone that she was going to turn her ex-fiancé in for tax evasion. Of course I don’t know if she did it or not, but the federal government’s nobody to fool around with. If Ronni actually called their tip line and he found out about it, he might have been so mad at her that he killed her.”

“Not possible,” Hannah said, watching Charlotte’s face fall. “Wade Hoffman was in an auto accident, and he was still at Lake Eden Memorial under Doc Knight’s care when Ronni was murdered.”

“Oh. Well…it was just a theory.”

“And it was a good one. It’s the first thing I checked out.”

“Really?” Charlotte looked pleased. “Well, how about Serena Roste? Did you check her out, too?”

“Who’s Serena Roste?”

“She’s Wade Hoffman’s former fiancée. He was engaged to Serena before he got engaged to Ronni.”

“I didn’t know that.”

“That’s because it’s Elk River gossip, not Lake Eden gossip. We use a substitute teacher from Elk River every once in a while, and she told me that it was a really nasty breakup. Serena and Ronni used to be close friends until Ronni stole Serena’s fiancé.”

“Serena Roste.” Hannah flipped to her suspect page and added the name. “Do you think Serena was upset enough with Ronni to kill her?”

Charlotte gave a little shrug. “I don’t know. Maybe. Did you just add her to your suspect list?”

“Yes. Mike says that more murders are committed by spouses or jealous lovers than by any other group of people.”

“I didn’t know that.” Charlotte gave a little grin. “That almost, but not quite, makes me glad I never got married.”

“Did you bring the cookies?” Hannah asked, when Andrea met her in the Snack Shack.

“Of course. Michelle’s got them. She’s getting a guest pass from Roger so she can come in anytime she likes.”

“Does the owner know about this?”

“Oh, yes. Roger’s handling it for him. He’s very worried that Heavenly Bodies will get a reputation for not being safe, and he wants Roger to do all he can to prove that they aren’t liable in any way for Ronni’s death.”

“That figures. And it explains why Roger is being so generous with the guest passes.”

“That’s only one reason. The other reason is that he wants us to hurry and catch Ronni’s killer because Stella interviewed him today.”

“Roger didn’t like Stella?”

“It’s not that. It’s just that he told her he was at home with his girlfriend the night that Ronni was killed, and she demanded proof.”

“Can Roger prove that he was with his girlfriend all night?”