Blues In The Night – Rochelle Krich

Zack nodded. “But if the mother stole it, why would she vandalize the apartment?” I rolled my eyes. “To make it look like a burglary.” He frowned. “Why bother? How would the police know the journal is missing if they didn’t even know it existed?” That was a good question, and I’d already considered it. “People knew about the journal. Nina, Dr. Korwin—he has all his patients keep journals. I knew about it, and Lenore probably told some other people. What if one of them mentioned the journal to the police, and the police discovered that it was missing?”

Zack didn’t answer right away. “Does the mother have a key to her daughter’s apartment?” “She must, because the manager told me she stopped Mrs. Rowan from going into Lenore’s apartment on Thursday afternoon. Detective’s orders.” I frowned. “What?” “I had a thought, but now it’s gone.”

I shrugged to make light of it, but I hate when that happens. “Oh, well. It’ll come back to me.” “We’ve overlooked three possibilities. One, Lenore may have written things in the journal that were connected to her ex-husband’s political campaign or his business or to someone else entirely.”

“You’ve overlooked it. I haven’t.” I stacked our plates. “What’s the second possibility?” “That this has nothing to do with the journal. Maybe Lenore had something else that someone wanted to retrieve.” I nodded. “And the third?” “What Detective Connors suggested. That Lenore really did kill herself, and the burglar was anxious to retrieve something incriminating before someone else, either the police or a family member, found it.”

It was certainly plausible, and I couldn’t rule it out. “But then why would Lenore tell me she was afraid?” “Because she was thinking of killing herself and hoped you’d talk her out of it. Or because she was afraid of having another child.” “But why me?

I hardly knew her, Zack. Why didn’t she phone someone close to her—her mother or best friend? Her shrink, for that matter.” “You visited her in the hospital. You showed concern. Maybe she connected with you.” “I don’t know.” I took the plates to the kitchen. “As to your first two possibilities, I plan to check into Saunders and some other things.” Zack followed me. “Be careful, Molly.

Other Books by Rochelle Krich Praise for Rochelle Krich and Blues in the Night Excerpt from the forthcoming title Dream House Copyright 1kitap1.com/en To our newlyweds, Meira and Daniel and To our newest blessings— Adena Esther Jonathan Jared Julia Anne Our hearts are full. 1kitap1.com/en ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To all those who so generously and graciously shared their time and knowledge: LAPD Detective Paul Bishop; Dr. Vivian Burt, Director of Women’s Life Center at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; Paul Glasser, associate dean, Max Weinreich Center at the YIVO Institute; Jane Honikman, founding director of Postpartum Support International, Santa Barbara; Dr. Jonathan Hulkower, attending psychiatrist, Cedars Sinai Medical Center; Dvora Kravitz, marriage and family therapist; D.

P. Lyle, M.D.; Deputy District Attorney Mary Hanlon Stone; Dr. Sara Teichman; and Dee Thompson, Executive Director, Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce. To Leona Nevler, whom I’ve always admired, for her enthusiasm and support. To my agent, Sandra Dijkstra, for her steadfast faith and wisdom. To my wonderful editor, Joe Blades, who has rolled out the welcome mat and embraced Molly and Blues in the Night with exuberance. To my son David, my Jewish encyclopedia; to my “aunt” Regina, for her help with Polish, and to Sonia, with Yiddish; to my cousins Ben and Stella, who tell the best Yiddish jokes; and to their daughter Gail, for sharing some of her experiences, which found their way into Molly’s life.

To the people who give my life meaning—my husband, Hershie, my children, grandchildren, and family. All my thanks. Rochelle Krich www.rochellekrich.com 1kitap1.com/en A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION Yiddish has certain consonant sounds that have no English equivalents—in particular that guttural ch (achieved by clearing one’s throat) that sounds like the ch in Bach or in the German Ach. Some Yiddish historians and linguists, including the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO—Yidisher Visenshaftikhe Institut), spell this sound with a kh (Khanukah, khalla). Others use ch (Chanukah, challa). I’ve chosen to use ch. To help the reader unfamiliar with Yiddish, I’ve also doubled some consonants (chapp, gitte).

Zh is pronounced like the s in treasure. Tsh is pronounced like the ch in lurch.

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