Sheer Coincidence & Wings of a Scorpion

Marla Funk's husband was found dead with her very own cutting sheers gouged into his heart. People of the community remembered what she said. They laughed with her when they heard her say it. They recalled her declaration, and scoffed. No one really believed she was capable. No one believed that Marla would ever fulfill her illusory statement. Everyone laughed, at the time, her fellow townspeople didn't think she could kill Jack, until now. Marla claimed innocence, but admitted the desire, which murderers often do. If Marla didn't kill her husband, was it... sheer coincidence that the scissors protruding from the body of Jack Funk were her own? If not Marla, who else wanted to see him dead? Dead enough to murder Jack, but why is Marla ensnarled in the web? When word of Jack Funk's murder spread, it didn't take long before imagination and reality tangled together. The unraveling of those scrambled knots caused uncertainty and confusion among the officials of Loma Parda, New Mexico. Detective P. D. Luchini struggled to loosen and disentangle the way through the knots, rumors and opinions. He wove his way in and out of illusions and delusions to get to the truth.