A Vicky Hill Mystery--Exposé! by Hannah Dennison

Author:Hannah Dennison
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780330648
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

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Having spent a restless night, haunted by dreams of Probes covered in trifle playing the drums, I got up early and crept downstairs.

Fortunately, Mr and Mrs Evans were still fast asleep. I peeped into the open sitting room door and saw a mass of empty glasses and bottles of half-drunk gin, wine and a keg of beer. There were going to be a lot of hangovers this Saturday morning.

The kitchen wasn’t much better. There was no bread left in the stoneware pot and only enough milk to make a cup of tea. In the end I ate dry cereal.

Scribbling a note to Mrs Evans, I mentioned I was off to Plymouth that night and if she wanted me to give Sadie a parcel, I’d happily deliver it.

I had a slight headache but that was nothing compared to the feeling of utter dread that had settled in the pit of my stomach at the prospect of seeing Wilf.

The Gazette looked the worse for wear, too. In the window the inflatable snail’s shell lay limp and puckered. In reception, the remnants of yesterday’s all-day party were still in evidence.

Tony was jumping childishly on the semi-collapsed helium balloons, trying to pop them. Every time there was a loud bang, Barbara clutched her head in pain.

‘Where is today’s Gazette?’ I said anxiously.

‘Wilf took them all upstairs,’ said Barbara. ‘Dreadful snafu on the front page, dear.’

Tony strolled over and thrust a copy in front of me. ‘Kept this one back for you,’ he said with a smirk. ‘Nice photograph of Randall.’

Written in bold in gigantic font was LARCH LEGACY NAMED! Under more headlines – TIRELESS PETITIONER TRIUMPHS AT LAST and LARCH LEAP IS NEW JUMP FOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS – a grinning Dave stood in front of a flourishing yew hedge wearing a moleskin jacket emblazoned with the logo,

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