A Spell of Murder: A completely addictive witch cozy mystery (A Lost Maidens Loch Mystery Book 1) by Kennedy Kerr

Author:Kennedy Kerr [Kerr, Kennedy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838880958
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2019-10-02T16:00:00+00:00

18

‘Pretty nice.’ Tilda parked the car and leaned forward, gazing up the long drive to Dalcairney Manor. ‘I’ve never been in.’

‘Well, nor had I until the other night,’ Temerity agreed as they drove up it slowly and parked at the wide front of the house. Spring was coming and today there was no mist over the loch; the sky was a bright blue and, as Temerity opened the car door, a fresh breeze blew pleasantly on her skin. She rang the doorbell and heard the sound echo inside the house. ‘Oh. There’s a really weird maid. The night of the rescue, she never said a word the whole time. Dressed all in black and glowering at me from the corner like the Bride of Dracula.’

‘Consider me warned,’ Tilda replied, getting out of the car and slamming the driver’s side door shut.

Liz opened the door. She was once more dressed in a calf-length wool skirt and a buttoned-up cardigan over a fine knit sweater. Despite the coming of Spring, Lost Maidens Loch was still pretty chilly.

‘Ah. I thought you’d have called first.’ She looked temporarily discomfited, as if deciding what to do.

‘Sorry, I just thought… from your note… that you might not want to talk on the phone,’ Temerity whispered. She’d shown the note to Tilda when she’d got home yesterday, who had suggested they visit the house. Her actual words were, let’s beard the lion in his den. Tilda was prone to using archaic phrases because of all the old books she read.

‘No, no, it’s all right. Come in.’ Liz stood to one side to let them in.

‘This is my sister, Tilda,’ Temerity said.

‘Hello, dear.’ Liz smiled tightly; clearly, she was uncomfortable with them being here. ‘Do come in. The Laird is in his study just now; Lady Dalcairney is in her garden, but she’ll be having her weekly hydrotherapy bath in a short while, so we can talk then. Let me show you to the kitchen.’ She hurried them down the hall and into a large, traditional kitchen and pulled out two chairs from the kitchen table for them to sit at. ‘I’m sorry, maybe I should have visited you. Will you bear with me for a short while? I need to accompany Lady Dalcairney when she’s up and about. She’s not too steady on her feet and she needs help going up and down steps, things like that.’

‘Of course, don’t mind us.’ Temerity nodded. ‘We’ll make ourselves at home.’

‘Right, okay then. Sally will be back in a minute; if you want anything, ask her, but she’s almost at the end of her shift,’ Liz mumbled and went to the door at the far end of the kitchen, pulling it closed behind her.

‘Something’s definitely up,’ Tilda said in a low voice after Liz had gone. ‘She’s as skittery as a mouse.’

‘Hmmm.’ Temerity frowned.

Tilda got up and started looking through the cupboards.

‘Tils! Stop it,’ Temerity hissed.

‘She said make ourselves at home. I’m looking for coffee. I bet they’ve got some good stuff,’ Tilda protested.

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