Death At The Circus by Agnes Lester Brown

Author:Agnes Lester Brown [Lester Brown, Agnes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Lantern Publishing
Published: 2018-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

Katie was standing outside the door of The Brew, taking a break, when Lori walked by. She greeted Lori cheerfully, happy to see her.

“Hello again! Popping in for another bowl of onion soup?”

Lori smiled and shook her head. “Maybe later. In the meantime, I’ve just come from the dry cleaners, and Mrs. Fraser gave me these.” She held out the laundry packet. “She says they belong to one of the women at the circus, so I thought maybe you might recognize them. I’m sure you guys must share a washing line or laundromat on occasion.”

Katie opened the packet and peeked inside. “Nope, they aren’t mine. And I don’t recognize them as belonging to anyone else at the circus. You’re right, we sometimes wash together, so I know what everyone wears. Was she sure these belonged to one of us?”

“She seemed very certain, yes. She says these got mixed up because they’re without labels. Anyway, would you mind asking around?”

“With pleasure, I’ll do that. There are only six girls with the circus, and these look too tiny to fit Sandy the ticket lady or the two assistants, but I’ll ask around anyway,” Katie said. She frowned. “Very strange, because we had a seamstress label all our clothing a few months ago. Maybe these are new. Thanks for dropping it off.”

“I hear they found one of your dad’s knives in Orpheus’ caravan,” Lori said, wanting to hear Katie’s take on it. “Chief Lambert at the police station was keen to talk to you about it.”

“Very strange. I don’t understand what happened,” Katie said, shrugging. “Dad is very protective over his knives and always locks them away whenever he’s not performing or practicing. Two days ago, he told me that one of them was missing and that because of Rex’s murder, he was going to report it to the police. It’s not like him to be so negligent, but then he has been acting strangely lately. Besides, who would’ve believed Orpheus could be so ruthless and savage?”

Lori pondered what Katie was saying. She wished she could’ve spoken to Orpheus and discovered for herself what he was really like. Sure, people killed for money, but not usually in this kind of way. Rex’s murder was the stuff of serial killers and psychopaths. “By the way, I’m sorry if I put you on the spot when your Dad saw you sitting with me yesterday,” Lori said. "He seemed angry with you.”

“It was nothing,” Katie said. “He overreacted. Don’t worry about it.”

Certain Katie wasn’t telling the truth, Lori said goodbye to her and left to open the Wholesome. She’d helped a steady stream of customers by lunchtime and welcomed a break as she turned the sign on the door to “Closed” and sat down behind the counter to have a sandwich and a cup of tea.

She’d just packed up and was ready to open again when she heard a knock on the door. At first, she ignored it — after all, the sign was quite clear,

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