Curious Campers (Chapel End Mysteries Book 2) by Anne Lown

Author:Anne Lown [Lown, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Junobe Pulishing
Published: 2018-10-26T22:00:00+00:00

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Jenny stood outside the pub and held her hands out in front of her. Both were trembling. It was madness how nervous she felt. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, hoping to appear braver than she was.

The door opened, and a couple she didn’t know left the building, pushing past her on their way to meet their waiting taxi. She watched the car pull onto the road and then gave herself a shake.

Do it for Scott.

She’d been surprised by his lack of effort to prove himself innocent. All she could think was his reason must be a good one or he was risking his future for nothing. The thought of him made her angry.

The damn fool.

“You going in?”

Les had walked up behind her, and she hadn’t noticed him until he spoke. “Um, yes. What’re you doing here?” Her tone was less polite than she meant it to be, but she hadn’t expected to see him that evening.

“Can’t a man go back to the last place he saw a beautiful woman?” He winked and gave her a broad smile.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude.”

“Shall we go in?”

Jenny waited while Les got the door and held it open so she could enter first. The room was the same as it was the night before, with the same people present, except for Nick. She knew he couldn’t leave work until his shift ended at ten o’clock, and that was why she’d got there so late, but it was the same with some of the others. The only other difference was Colette was at the bar, but without George. She was currently trying to gain Harvey’s interest, and he was ignoring her, but something about the situation between them seemed strange. Jenny was sure those two still had something going on, but it wasn’t clear what it was.

She gave Martin another wide berth and stood at the far end of the bar.

“What are you having?” Les was again being a gentleman, and she found it endearing.

“White wine, please.”

Jenny glanced along the row of people and managed to catch Harvey’s attention. She gave a small nod, and it seemed enough for him to follow her away from all the others. Once out of earshot, she dared to speak. “I wanted to talk to you. Have you got a minute?”

It looked like Harvey prickled. He stood up straight and shifted on his feet. “That depends,” he said.

“I hear you had two knives go missing. Can you tell me about it?”

She could see from his expression his barricades were going up. Whatever all this was about, he wasn’t about to impart the information easily. “Why do you want to know?”

“Well. I was talking to Nick earlier, and he said one went missing when you were away and then the other within the last week. I was wondering what you thought was going on and if it was connected to the murder?”

She finished talking. The cords on his neck stood out. His hard-set face glared at her, and she flinched in response.

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