Death Line by Geraldine Evans

Author:Geraldine Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mysteries, british detectives, Detective Series, british detective series, funny mysteries, British Mystery Series, murder mysteries, murder detectives
Publisher: Geraldine Evans
Published: 2014-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

RAFFERTY BREEZED INTO his office the next morning, told a startled Llewellyn that the case was as good as solved, and handed him his ma's astrology magazine. 'Take a look at that.'

Llewellyn glanced briefly at the page indicated, before he turned to the front of the magazine, raised his eyebrows, and asked perceptively, 'Do I detect the assistance of the indomitable Mrs Rafferty in the matter?'

'You do,' Rafferty told him sheepishly. 'We now know what that symbol means. It wasn't an attempt at an initial, at all, but the astrologer's way of writing the sign for Gemini. Jasper Moon was a professional astrologer - what more natural than for him to scrawl the identity of his murderer in the astrological language he used every day? Which is what ma kept repeating all the way to that damn clairvoyant's last night. As I told her, perhaps if he'd written it more clearly we'd have got there quicker and without her assistance.' Still,' he rubbed his hands gleefully. 'All we have to do now is find out which of our suspects is a Gemini and we've cracked it.'

'Gemini.' Llewellyn frowned as he studied the page. 'But this says that the sign covers the end of May and most of June.'

'That's right,' Rafferty agreed. He felt a moment's anxiety at Llewellyn's doubtful expression, but even Llewellyn couldn't argue with accepted astrological fact, he reminded himself.

'No, it's wrong,' Llewellyn contradicted. 'Because none of our suspects was born during those weeks. I've got all their details in here.' He patted his breast pocket where he kept his notebook with its neatly recorded information.

Rafferty stared at him. 'One of them must have been,' he insisted. 'Obviously, whoever killed him recognised the significance of Moon's clue and lied to you. You're too trusting, man. You shouldn't believe everything you're told.'

Llewellyn's lips thinned. 'No-one lied to me. I checked their details. You know I always check everything.'

That was true, Rafferty knew. Llewellyn might frequently be a pain in the behind, but he was a painstaking pain.

'Virginia Campbell subtracted a few years from her age but she didn't worry about the month. The others didn't even bother to lie about the year.' It was Llewellyn's turn to look smug. 'Not one of our suspects was born during the dates given here. None of them is a Gemini.' Llewellyn took out his notebook, found the appropriate page and handed it to Rafferty with a flourish. 'Ecce signum. Look at the proof.'

Rafferty snatched the notebook and studied it, before throwing himself into a chair, all his jovial bonhomie sunk to his boots. He'd been so sure he was on the right track at last. He lost his temper and scowled at Llewellyn. 'You needn't look so bloody cocky. How many bright ideas have you come up with?' he demanded. 'All I get from you is smart-arse quotes. Why don't you try this one for size? Dun an doras mas e do thoil e.' His pronunciation was shaky; luckily Llewellyn wouldn't know that.

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