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wipers as they drove back to River Heights.
    â€œWhat do you think?” George asked, poppinga tape in Nancy’s newly repaired tape deck. “Was he telling us the truth?”
    â€œI’m not sure, George. It certainly could be the truth,” Nancy replied. “He didn’t lie about who he’d worked for. But when he talked about Matt, I couldn’t decide if he was telling the truth or not. I couldn’t read him.”
    â€œWell, I didn’t like him. He’s too full of himself.” George was tapping her foot to the beat of the music, but there was a frown on her face.
    â€œYeah,” Nancy agreed. “And there’s something else, too. He seemed to know an awful lot about the will, for someone who hasn’t seen Matt or Mr. Glover in over ten years.” She sighed. “But all that is supposing that Matt Glover is a phony. And if we’re trying to find the most likely person to be an accomplice in a scam, I’d say Mrs. Adams wins. She’d know Matt better than anyone else.”
    George shook her head. “Oh, Nan, she’s such a nice woman. I’d hate to think she’s guilty of anything.”
    â€œSo would I, but we can’t rule out the possibility. I want to talk to her again.
    â€œIn fact, let’s make a quick stop for some soup, then head over to Glover’s Corners,” Nancy suggested as she pulled up in front of her house.
    The snow was falling very heavily and starting to accumulate by the time they set off for Glover’s Corners. Switching on the weather report, the girls heard that more snow was expected.Nancy drove very slowly and carefully. The snow was now almost a blanket of white against the front windshield, and she almost missed the gate to the Corners.
    â€œI’m going to try to get a look at Mrs. Adams’s room,” Nancy said, creeping up the long, winding drive at a snail’s pace.
    â€œWhere do I come in?” asked George.
    â€œI need you to distract Mrs. Adams so I can search. If we’re lucky, Matt’s still with my father, taking that lie detector test.”
    â€œAnd how do I distract her?” George was staring at the ledges of snow being pushed off by the windshield wipers.
    Nancy shrugged. “We’ll just have to play it by ear, I guess.”
    Pulling to a stop in front of the house, she and George trudged through the snow to the front door. Nancy rang the bell and then heard it echoing somewhere deep in the old house.
    â€œListen,” said George.
    Nancy cocked her head to the side. She could hear Matt’s voice, and it seemed to be coming from somewhere quite close. His tone sounded angry, although she couldn’t distinguish his words.
    Putting a finger to her lips, Nancy gestured to George to follow her. The snow cushioned the sound of their boots as they backed away from the door and moved toward the left wing of the house, where Matt’s voice was coming from.Walking almost to the screened-in porch at the end of the wing, Nancy could make out Matt standing on the porch. Despite the cold, he was wearing only a button-down shirt and jeans, and he was talking on a cordless phone.
    â€œNancy! George! What are you doing here?”
    The two girls jumped in surprise and saw Bess leaning out a living room window.
    Nancy gasped, knowing that Matt must have heard, too.
    When she looked back to the porch, she saw that Matt had stopped talking into the cordless phone—and was now staring at her with cold, unwelcoming eyes.

Chapter

Ten
    N ANCY GAVE M ATT a tentative smile and waved at him. Instantly an answering smile spread across his face, making her wonder if she’d just been imagining his angry scowl.
    â€œIt’s freezing out there,” Bess called to Nancy and George as they made their way back to the front door. “Hurry up and come in!”
    As the girls brushed the snow off themselves and stepped inside, Bess asked again, “What