He picked up immediately. “Mrs. Clover,” he said. “What a pleasure. How are you doing?”
“Oh, pretty well, Lt. Perkins. Of course, I had something of a exciting morning.”
“I heard about that,” said Perkins. “You were in the thick of it all, as usual.”
“Yes. It does always seem that way. I know you must be very busy right now, but I did want to ask you a quick question. It seems my newspaper editor was warned not to name the victim because the family hadn’t yet been notified. Can I assume that the family has been informed before the paper comes out tomorrow morning? Or should I leave the victim’s name out?”
“That’s very thoughtful of you to ask, Mrs. Clover.”
Myrtle preened.
“As a matter of fact, the family has been notified. They don’t live in town, so we had their local police depa
