

“This clue hunt has turned your brains to cole slaw! That’s our parents you’re talking about! How can you even consider it?” “You think it’s easy for me?” Amy shot back. “ You’re saying they died because they had it coming?” “Not exactly that, but-” “You are! That’s exactly what you’re saying!” Dan reddened.

But what if, back then, that’s how the rest of the family saw Mom and Dad? A couple of loose cannons who had to be stopped?” Dan was horrified. But who knows what kind of weird stuff a couple of Madrigals could have been into? We look at the other teams as the bad guys. “You don’t think they helped Isabel burn their own house down!” “Of course not. Did it ever occur to you that the fire had something to do with that?” Dan was wide-eyed. “ There’s something pretty big we have to face up to.” She took a deep breath.

It usually means I have to do research on Mozart or Howard Carter or some other boring dead guy.” “ Be serious,” she chided gently. “You know, Dan, I’ve been thinking about something that won’t go away.” Dan was alarmed. “ I’m never trusting that guy again! We know he was with Mom and Dad the night Isabel set the fire!” Amy tried to choose her words carefully.
