Death of a Village by M. C Beaton

Author:M. C Beaton [Beaton, M. C]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General
ISBN: 9781849012768
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Amazon: 1849012768
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Goodreads: 7432717
Publisher: Robinson Publishing
Published: 2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Earlier in the day, Elspeth went to Mrs. Docherty’s cottage to see how the two local celebrities were getting along.

“Very well, my dear,” said Mrs. Docherty. “We did enjoy our bit of fame.”

“It’s not over yet,” said Elspeth. “You’ll have your day in court. What’s it like living with Mr. Jefferson?”

“At first I thought it might be a bit claustrophobic, but it’s worked out quite well. We have our separate rooms and he likes going off and pottering about the village.”

“Aren’t you worried he might be tempted to return to his criminal activities?”

“He’s a bit long in the tooth to want to face up to any more time in prison. I think he’ll be all right. Where’s Macbeth? There’s a note on the police station door referring all calls to Cnothan.”

Elspeth hesitated. But there could be no harm in telling this elderly lady where Hamish was. “As long as you don’t tell anyone…”

“No, I won’t.”

“Well, do you remember that business at Stoyre where some major’s holiday cottage got blown up?”

“Yes, of course. It was in all the papers.”

“He’s gone there on holiday. Officially on holiday. Some cottage on the waterfront is where he is. But he wants to nose around and see if he can find anything out.”

After Elspeth had left, Mrs. Docherty hailed Mr. Jefferson, when he arrived, with “That policeman, Hamish, has gone to Stoyre on holiday.”

“Really? The place where they blew up that cottage?”

“That’s the one. He’s actually going to stay there to see if he can find anything out.”

“He might have told us. I mean, didn’t we solve that nursing home business for him?”

“We could always go over there this evening and see him.”

“I’ll drive,” said Mr. Jefferson quickly. Mrs. Docherty was famous for cruising along at around twenty miles an hour.

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