Death Scene by Jane A. Adams

Author:Jane A. Adams [Jane A. Adams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

By the time they left Sally Morris it was well after two. Fortunately, they had been offered tea and sandwiches made with thick slices of cheese brought in from the shop and so Mickey’s lunch requirements had been met.

They left with a dozen photographs and a selection of negatives depicting Cissie Rowe with a selection of young men. Most, Sally had told them, worked at the studio and she was able to put names to a few of them. Henry hoped that a further visit to the studio would name the rest.

But there was one image he could already identify. Cissie Rowe was seen sitting on the rocks close by the old fort and standing, clearly in conversation with her, was a man that Henry was certain was Philippe Boilieu. He looked somewhat different to the photograph in the police record, his hair neatly cut and his clothes of better quality, but Henry entertained no real doubts.

‘So that confirms the link,’ Mickey said. ‘Our man Philippe and Miss Rowe’s old friend are one and the same. For my money that puts him firmly in the frame.’

They called at the police station before returning to the studio and were told that further information had been sent via telegram, in response to a hunch that Henry had. Philippe Boilieu had indeed certain links to the film industry, albeit films of a particular and specialist kind, and one of his featured actresses was a girl by the name of Cécile.

‘You think it’s her?’ Mickey asked.

‘I think it’s possible and, if not, that it’s interesting that he should have another girl of the same name.’

‘I take it we more or less discount our friend Selwyn Croft as a suspect?’ Mickey said as they left the police station and made their way back to the studio.

‘In all probability, yes. Though I’m hopeful he may still lead us to the mysterious Geoffrey. My guess is that he will remember something he was told. Young women, in my experience, like to play their suitors off one against the other – even when there is no malice intended. It seems to be part of the accepted game.

‘In the meantime, the local constabulary can spread their net and look at the local car dealerships and garages. One way or another, he will be found.’

‘And we still have no idea as to why the unfortunate Jimmy Cottee was so brutally killed. Of course, there is still the possibility that he killed Miss Rowe and someone beat him and hanged him as an act of revenge but—’

‘But I don’t believe that and neither do you,’ Henry said. ‘His injuries look more like the act of someone trying to extract information than that of someone simply exacting vengeance. Either he told them and they hanged him because he was of no more use, or he failed to tell them and they hanged him in frustration.’

‘Maybe he didn’t know the answers,’ Mickey said. ‘It’s my experience that most beatings stop when a result is obtained.

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