0719810337 by Roger Silverwood

Author:Roger Silverwood
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780719812705
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 2013-11-11T22:00:00+00:00

He came out of Potter’s office, got into the BMW. He was quite excited now that he had the name of the murderer. He looked at the dashboard clock. It was 5.15. So he drove straight home.

He put the car in the garage, and went down the path to the back door. He let himself in with his key, closed the door and looked round the kitchen. There was no sign of Mary and no sign of tea. He was about to call out when he heard her rushing from the hall to the kitchen with a magazine in her hand. She had a big smile on her face.

‘Hello, darling,’ she said. ‘I thought I heard the door. What are you doing here?’

He frowned. ‘I live here,’ he said.

‘No, no,’ she said with a laugh and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. ‘I mean you’re so early. You’re never as early as this.’

‘I am sometimes. I finish at five,’ he said.

‘I know. I know. Well, I’m sorry. Tea isn’t ready. I didn’t expect you for another half hour or so.’

‘That’s all right, sweetheart,’ he said. ‘There’s no rush.’

‘But you’ve come just in time,’ she said and she thrust the magazine she was holding into his hand and said, ‘What’s the answer to question nine? It’s for a winter cruise round the Norwegian fjords. You’ll know it. You have that sort of memory.’

He wrinkled his nose and held up the magazine. ‘You always said you didn’t want to go anywhere cold for a holiday. And there’s nowhere colder than the Norwegian fjords in winter.’

‘Never mind all that, Michael. It’s free!’

‘Free? So what? I wouldn’t go on a holiday I didn’t want to go on simply because it was free.’

‘There are other prizes,’ she said, then she snatched back the magazine, glanced at the question and said, ‘“What is the name of the Greek goddess of love and beauty?” Do you know it?’

He smiled. ‘Of course I know it. The Greek goddess of love and beauty is Mary,’ he said boldly and with a deadpan expression. ‘Now, how about something to eat?’

Mary looked at him and frowned. Her mouth opened slightly. She licked her pretty lips. ‘I know that Venus is the Roman goddess of love and beauty … and I was pretty certain that the Greek was Aphrodite.’

‘It’s Mary, definitely,’ he said. He turned away to avoid her eyes. ‘Now, what’s for tea?’

‘I just want to finish this,’ she said, still frowning and trying to catch his eye. ‘Are you sure it’s Mary?’

‘If you’ve put Aphrodite, your name won’t even be in the hat. You’ll ruin any chance of going up to the North Pole.’

Her eyes flashed. ‘It isn’t the North Pole, it’s the Norwegian fjords.’

‘Well, Mary, I ask you. Do you really want to go to the Norwegian fjords in the middle of winter?’

She hesitated. ‘If it’s free, I suppose … well, I wouldn’t mind. They say it’s breathtaking.’

‘I think you’ve misread it.’

She looked at him indignantly. ‘I have not misread it.

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