Beyond Dead: A Bridget Sway Novel (A Paranormal Ghost Cozy Mystery Series) by Jordaina Sydney Robinson

Author:Jordaina Sydney Robinson [Robinson, Jordaina Sydney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-03-04T21:00:00+00:00

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“Have you noticed we seem to be accruing more questions than answers?” I whispered to Sabrina, sitting at the back of the room at our GA meeting that night. Eleanor was late in starting the meeting as she’d been chatting to a small group at the front for the past ten minutes. I couldn’t tell if they were anxious or excited about something but there was a lot of gesticulating going on. And in my experience, excessive gesticulation never led to anything good.

“That happens in the initial stages of investigations sometimes,” Sabrina reassured me, glancing at the group at the front, no doubt with her own suspicions.

“In fact,” I said as I watched one of the group jump up and down clapping. That just did not bode well. “I don’t think we’ve actually found any answers.”

“Sure we have.” Sabrina scowled at the clapping woman. “I mean, not in the sense that we know who killed your predecessor or Fenton or Barry, but in a more general way.”

“Give me one answer we’ve found.”

Sabrina flipped up her forefinger to start a count. “Jim was undercover.”

I folded her finger back down. “Suspicion, not fact. What else?”

Sabrina flipped her forefinger up again. “That ghost lady this afternoon was Barry’s mum.”

I folded her finger back down again. “Assumption, not fact. And neither answers any of our questions.”

“Well … I think we need to take a more proactive approach. Maybe try shaking the tree, see what falls out.”

I raised an eyebrow to that. “More proactive than hunting Barry down and spying on his fiancée?”

“Yes.”

“Dare I ask what’s more proactive than that?”

“What do you think they’re talking about?” Sabrina nodded towards the small group at the front.

“I refuse to worry about it until I have to. And I asked what you had in mind?” If she didn’t want to tell me, it wasn’t going to be good.

“I thought we could snoop through Jim’s file.” She shrugged a little too casually. “Fenton’s too.”

“I thought you’d checked Jim’s file?”

She nodded. “I did. I looked through the file in my office.”

“He has two files?” I blew out a breath and rubbed my temples.

“There’s possibly a similar file in the office next door.”

“Why do I sense there’s a catch here?”

“No catch,” Sabrina said far too quickly. “The office is locked so you need a key to get in and I borrowed one today. You want to check it out after this?”

“Borrowed? Or borrowed?”

“I’ll pop it back in the cupboard tomorrow before they even notice it’s gone.”

“I can’t. I have my counselling session, remember?” I said with a heavy look in her direction.

“Oh, yeah.” Sabrina rolled her eyes. “After that?”

“Everyone?” Eleanor tapped the front of the lectern before I could answer. “Tonight, we’ll be looking at traversing the living barriers, but first Alison and Debbie have just told me something very exciting.” Eleanor beamed at them. “Would you like to tell everyone?”

“We’ve been selected to host the Midsummer Festival,” Alison and Debbie said in unison, both giddy as schoolgirls.

Immediately the room erupted into excited chatter.

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