Cliff Hardy - 34 - Deep Water by Peter Corris

Author:Peter Corris [Corris, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Crimes Against, Hardy; Cliff (Fictitious Character), Geologists - Crimes Against, Geologists
ISBN: 9781458745132
Google: exVcO9UM5lwC
Amazon: 1741756774
Goodreads: 6401784
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Published: 2008-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

I sat in the car and thought about it. Wife-swapping seemed like an eighties thing, but this wasn’t exactly that. More bizarre, or more under control? It was difficult to say. But the information opened up new lines of enquiry. What if Henry McKinley’s extracurricular activities had opened him up to blackmail from some quarter—a colleague, a rival? What if Terry Dart had nursed a grudge, a jealousy, unknown to his wife—wanting exclusive possession of her or McKinley—and had eliminated his lover by accident or design?

And what of the man who hadn’t played the game, whoever he was? Josephine Dart had a special, fragile allure. It was easy to imagine someone becoming obsessed with her, particularly in the context of a sexual free-for-all. Could he have killed McKinley and Dart and be biding his time?

I had the problem of whether or how to tell Margaret. There was a chance she wouldn’t believe it—see it as a fantasy dreamed up by a grieving woman. I didn’t think it was that. The Myall address gave the story solidity and had to be checked out. I had a memory flash of Lily sitting at her computer, working on a story and looking up at me as I brought her a drink.

‘This thing opens up like a fucking fan,’ she’d said one time.

I knew what she meant. I decided to wait until I knew what Margaret’s moves were. She had to consult the lawyer; there was the release of her father’s body to be negotiated and a funeral to arrange. She had enough on her plate. The Myall expedition could wait.

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