Death of a Sweep by M. C. Beaton

Author:M. C. Beaton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781849018524
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 2011-02-16T10:00:00+00:00

Back at the police station, Hamish waited and waited to hear from Jimmy. ‘I’m coming right over,’ said the detective. ‘Blair’s furious. He wanted it to be one of the villagers. He says the letter is just mad spite but Daviot has sent it off to Guildford. See you soon.’

Jimmy arrived just as the wind had risen to a full gale. ‘How you can live here beats me,’ he complained. ‘Why is it so cold? It’s summer.’

‘Global cooling,’ said Hamish. ‘What have you got?’

‘First of all, something bad. Stefan Loncar was booked on the noon plane to Zagreb but didn’t turn up. They searched his flat. He had packed up but there was no sign of him.’

‘Someone must have spied me talking to him,’ said Hamish.

‘Maybe. The four suspects have been brought in for questioning. They lawyered up immediately. It’s English law, see? They don’t need to wait until we allow them lawyers.’

‘What about the masks? And what fancy dress party were they coming from?’

‘They now say there wasn’t any party. They’d been watching the Iraq inquiry and they had these Tony Blair masks and thought it would be a bit of a hoot to wear them. They are all members of the Rotary Club and the Freemasons and you name it. Guildford said they had to let them go.’

Hamish told him about his visit to John McFee.

‘Now, there’s a thing,’ said Jimmy. ‘I wanted to hire an expert but Blair blocked it. Says we haven’t the funds.’

‘Well, if McFee comes up with anything, you’d better get your chequebook out,’ said Hamish. ‘I not only want to find out how much Davenport tricked them out of, I want to know if they have any connection to Scotland, Edinburgh in particular. Oh, and did they question Timothy again?’

‘Yes, he swears blind the four men are regular customers and salt of the earth. His real name is Andreas Gristedes. Greek by birth. How soon can your expert come up with anything?’

Hamish groaned. ‘Probably a month or so. It isn’t the telly where some geek flicks through a computer and says, “Aha!” Why haven’t you asked for whisky?’

‘Drying out.’

‘About time.’

‘So we have to wait.’

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