Death at Sandy Bay: An absolutely unputdownable cozy mystery novel (A Sukey Reynolds Mystery Book 13) by Betty Rowlands

Author:Betty Rowlands [Rowlands, Betty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838881900
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2019-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

The head office of Ashman, Lee and Edwards was in a modern building in the City of London. A receptionist checked their IDs, issued them with badges and directed them to the department where Luke Grayson was employed. When the lift reached the tenth floor he was waiting for them and without a word of greeting escorted them to a small room a short distance along the corridor.

The minute they were seated he said, a little irritably. ‘I can’t for the life of me think what my differences with Lance Rainbird have to do with you.’

‘As you are no doubt aware, Mr Grayson,’ said Vicky, ‘we have not yet been able to establish how Lance Rainbird met his death, but we have to consider all possibilities. We think he may have been attacked before his body was found in the lake and we are naturally interested in anyone who might have any kind of grudge against him.’

Grayson shook his head in apparent disbelief. ‘You’ve come all this way to question me about an argument I had with him in the office? I admit I did get very angry with him because he spoke blasphemy against the Lord, but I realised that in losing my temper with him I was guilty of the sin of anger, so I controlled myself and forgave him. Not that he appreciated the sentiment.’

‘Your account of the argument has already been confirmed by other witnesses, sir,’ said Vicky, ‘but what we find surprising is that when you learnt of his death you merely expressed shock.’

‘What did you expect me to say? I can’t pretend I was heartbroken.’

‘Of course not,’ said Sukey, ‘but why did you not mention at the time that you were colleagues?’

‘I had other things on my mind.’ It was clear that Grayson was beginning to lose patience. ‘Perhaps you have overlooked the fact that I had just lost a brother who was very dear to me.’

‘By no means, sir,’ Vicky assured him, ‘and you have our deepest sympathy in your loss, but the fact remains that, in view of the ill-feeling between you – which it seems to us was not confined to this one event – you expressed nothing but shock nor any, how shall I put it, Christian feelings when you learned of his death.’

Grayson shrugged. ‘I have long regarded him as one of the lost. I have prayed earnestly that he might come to know the Lord, but…’ He made a slightly helpless gesture.

‘Did you ever ask him what made him so obsessively against religion?’ asked Sukey. ‘Maybe it was due to some traumatic experience in his past.’

‘What do you take me for – some sort of counsellor? If he had problems there are professionals who deal with that sort of thing.’

‘And that is all that you have to say about the relationship between you?’

‘Absolutely.’

‘One more thing, sir,’ said Sukey. ‘Where were you between eight o’clock and midnight last Friday?’

Grayson stood up. ‘This is outrageous!’ he exclaimed. ‘Are you suggesting I’m some kind of fanatic? I assure you, the idea of physical violence is not in my character.

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