Charlie Milverton and other Sherlock Holmes Stories by Charlotte Anne Walters

Author:Charlotte Anne Walters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sherlock Holmes, mystery, crime, british crime, sherlock holmes novels, sherlock holmes fiction, sherlock holmes short fiction
ISBN: 9781780925783
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2014-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Abbey Strange

“Look honey, it isn’t really any of my business but I’m about to lose a bloody good security manager. I understand that it must be difficult working with your ex, but do I really have to accept his resignation or is there any way the two of you can sort things out? Della sweetheart, I know he hurt you and behaved like an idiot, but if I had a pound for every time my husband hurt me and behaved like an idiot, I’d be a billionaire instead of a plain old millionaire.”

“Gareth’s resigned?”

“Yes hun. Didn’t he tell you?”

“No, we’re not really speaking.”

“If you genuinely want shot of him then fine, I’ll have to let him go. But if you still love him, then perhaps you’ve punished him for long enough and it’s time to give him another chance. Decide Della, because if not he’ll be gone by the end of the month - been offered work in the States minding a Hollywood star. Gareth’s one of the good ones Del - men like that don’t come along often. The great thing about having a wise old crone like me for a manager is that you can learn from my mistakes. Sweetie, I know what it’s like to be left crying over ‘the one that got away’. Between you and me, I know more than ever right now.”

***

Watson sat at his desk flicking through the newspaper. A cold draft blew in through the old windows and he sipped his steaming mug of coffee to take away the chill. The lawyers had plush offices on the upper floors with air con, posh carpets, smart furniture and panoramic city views. He was in the basement of the building, his view out of the window was a brick wall and his carpet was stained and threadbare. A morning glance through the papers brought a brief escape from his general misery, a chance to see other people’s lives and how they were often much worse than his own. Like Tyler Welbourne for example, who now had no life at all.

The wrinkly rock-star had been murdered at his country mansion the previous night. It was front page news, the Welbournes were a high profile couple and the paper devoted pages to the incident. He was a drug-addled old rocker whose band, The Dreadful Death, had enjoyed big success during the 80s and 90s. His wife Karen had been their manager and stood by him despite the affairs, drugs and call-girls. She was now a powerful force in the music industry herself, a shrewd business woman who owed CEX Records and had taken over the management of girl-group The Angels, after the demise of the infamous Todd Carter. This made her Della Breton’s manager and Lestrade’s boss, something which made Watson particularly interested in the case. He was just about to call Holmes and ask if he had seen the news, when Julian Sinclair -Booth, partner in the law firm, walked into his office with a look of intense displeasure flickering across his aristocratic features.

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