05 The Nidderdale Murders by J. R. Ellis

Author:J. R. Ellis
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781542017435
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2020-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

At the moment of Ryan Gomersall’s apprehension, Kirsty Hemingway was standing at the same window as she had on the night of Sandy Fraser’s murder. She had recovered sufficiently from that trauma to be sharing her bed with Harry again, but the shock had disturbed her sleep patterns. She felt some weird compulsion to look through that window and down to the scene of the crime.

All the hotel lights were off and it was much darker than on that fateful night. Was it only four days ago? It felt like four months.

As the moon came out from behind the clouds, she could just make out the place where the confrontation between Fraser and his killer had taken place. She shuddered and turned away. A cool breeze came through the window and ruffled her thin nightshirt. She didn’t believe she would ever forget the sound of that shot and the sight of the blood splattering on to the ground. Even worse was the image of Alan Green’s face: not angry or threatening, but smiling at her – yes, smiling.

She glanced over to the spot again, half expecting to see that eerie face. The smiling face of a murderer. It was the stuff of nightmares and ghost stories. Suddenly she shut the window and rushed to join Harry in bed, cuddling up to him for warmth and reassurance.

Harry woke up. ‘What’s wrong?’ he mumbled.

‘Nothing, go back to sleep.’ Harry looked at her, then closed his eyes and almost immediately began snoring. The long hours in the kitchen were exhausting.

Kirsty lay there for a while listening to the wind in the trees and imagining that all sorts of horrible things were out there. There was no news from the police investigation, and they had not caught Alan Green. She had the feeling that further unpleasant things could happen in the village, and the idea kept her awake for some while longer.

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