Chapter 7

“Good. Please remove the contents, close the door, and spin the dial.”

I carried a bundle of documents to the desk and set them down. Then I went back to the safe, closed it, and spun the dial before closing the panel of books that hid it from view. At the desk once again, I said, “All done. The safe is closed and locked, the books are back in place, and I have the documents on the desk in front of me. What else can we do?”

“Check through the desk for any documents that appear to be of a financial or very personal nature.”

“I can do that. By the way, I thought you said that he lived alone.”

“He does. Why do you ask?”

“Because the closet in the master bedroom contains a fair amount of women’s clothes.”

“Your brother may have lived alone, but he didn’t always sleep alone.”

“Yeah. Should we attempt to notify the owner of the clothes?”