The moment of peace I needed, however, vanished in a puff of irritated breath at the sight of Crew and the female deputy-Robert standing around doing nothing while his boss and coworker wound up tape-cleared the crime scene. That should have made me happy, right?
Grumble at least tell me what happened mumble.
Crew's scowl had to match mine as I stomped to a halt at his side and glared up at him. "Well?"
He grunted, gritted his teeth. "The coroner," he said like it hurt him to speak, "has ruled Pete's death an accident."
"I see." Vindication, oh yeah.
"But." So he wasn't letting this go, was he? "There's an odd bruise on the victim's leg that isn't accounted for and I still have to explain a few more things before I'm satisfied with that ruling."
Actually, I wasn't 100% sold on the wh
