Crown Court Killer (London Podcast Mystery Series Book 3) by Dahlia Donovan

Author:Dahlia Donovan [Donovan, Dahlia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922679192
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing
Published: 2022-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

OSIAN

“Flowers? We need flowers.”

This is societally sanctioned torture.

The three most important women in his life, barring Abra, had been chatting for two hours about flowers, menus, and venues. Olivia kept glancing over at him with a twinkle in her eyes. She was enjoying seeing her brother in the hot seat.

She’d basically dropped a few ideas into the ether and watched the chaos of his mum and mum-in-law-to-be with glee. Osian had hoped for a bit of help from her. But, unfortunately, she’d had no interest in reining them in thus far.

We are one hundred percent eloping. Hurt feelings be damned. I’m not putting Dannel through all this chaos; he’ll never make it down the aisle.

“We do not, I repeat, do not need a full orchestra for anything connected to this wedding.” Osian set his glass down harder than intended. He smiled apologetically at his sister for the wine dripping off the table. “Mum. Seriously. We’re not interested in all this fuss.”

“Sweetheart.” His mum smiled mischievously at him. “You might want to remember to breathe. I wouldn’t want you to hyperventilate before the wedding even happens.”

“Are you all quite finished taking the mickey out of me?” Osian complained while they laughed. “How about we compromise? I’m tired of your experiment with reverse psychology.”

“We would never.” Dannel’s mum feigned offence remarkably well. “The audacity of young people.”

“Hilarious.” Osian stretched his leg out to kick his snickering sister in the shin. “You can’t convince me to agree to your real plan by terrifying me with all of this.”

“Can’t we?”

“How about this? We’ll get married at the register office, then you can throw a hell of a party for us afterwards.” Osian drained what little was left of the wine in his glass. “Princess Olivia can plan it for us.”

“Excellent.” Olivia rubbed her hands together with a wicked grin. “I’m seeing unicorns. And glitter. All things sparkly.”

“You’re not, actually.” He decided it was time to make a hasty retreat. He got up, kissed them all on the cheek, and then raced for the door. “Lovely to see you all. Must run.”

Leaving the cackling trio at Olivia’s table, Osian fled his sister’s home. They were exhausting. He’d almost prefer trying to solve a murder.

Almost.

With a dramatic sigh of relief, Osian decided to check on Dannel. A quick text conversation led to him changing directions. Dannel and Chris had gone over to the latter’s workplace to do research.

And by research, Osian assumed they were digging into the lives of their suspects. Legally. Completely legally. He didn’t think Chris would push the envelope too much.

Then again, Chris did have access to systems they didn’t. He also had motivation in the form of a younger sister who’d been threatened by one of the suspects on their list. So worry was definitely a strong motivator.

The tube ride over to Chris’s workplace gave Osian enough time to clear out his emails. He also outlined their next podcast script. They planned for one more episode before taking a break for the rest of the year.

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