Murder Riddle

[pixie373]

A rich and handsome man was murdered on Sunday afternoon. At the time if the murder there was: the maid, the cook, the butler, the gardener and the wife.
Maid: I was fixing the table
Cook: I was cooking the breakfast
Butler: I was polishing the silverware
Gardener: I was planting tomato seeds
Wife: I was reading a book
who did it?

[scorpiojo]

The cook? Bit late for breakfast.

[2sp_]

The cook.

She couldn't have been making breakfast in the afternoon.

[tonyav]

It was the cook, breakfast isn't cooked in the afternoon.

[pixie373]

Yes. Too easy. Sorry...:-)