Ghostly Business by K E O'Connor

Author:K E O'Connor [O'Connor, K E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy British mystery, Ghosts, Cozy ghost mystery, cozy murder, Cozy mystery with animals, Ghost murder mystery
Publisher: K.E. O'Connor
Published: 2017-06-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The sound of grinding gears and shouting woke me the next morning. I gave Flipper a quick cuddle before hopping out of bed and peering out the window to see what was going on.

In front of the house, stood three white work vans and a yellow digger.

I dressed quickly and hurried out of my room, almost colliding with Helen as I did so.

“What’s all that noise about?” asked Helen. “I was having a lovely dream about a prince coming to rescue me from an evil dragon. The prince was all buff and hunky, and kept bossing me around in his posh voice.”

I grinned at her. “Found any princes in the castle yet so you can live out that fantasy?”

“None that aren’t mounted on the wall in a painting,” said Helen. “The lack of eligible bachelors around here is an annoyance.”

“Not interested in Julius?”

“He’s a child!” said Helen.

“He must be at least twenty.”

“Too young for me,” said Helen. “Anyway, what’s going on outside?”

“Looks like they’re having some work done on the estate,” I said. “Shall we go and see what they’re up to?”

Helen nodded and we headed out the main castle door. I spotted three workmen in fluorescent jackets wandering about between the vans.

“Look, it’s Julius,” said Helen.

Julius stood in front of one of the workmen, a clipboard in one hand and a phone up to his ear. I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but his tone sounded petulant and was too high-pitched to be anything good.

The man next to him kept shaking his head and frowning. Whatever was going on it didn’t look like good news.

“What’s he up to?” I said. “I hope it’s not got anything to do with his animal park plans. This place is not set up for the arrival of tigers.”

Julius threw his clipboard to the ground and gestured wildly at the man in front of him.

“Montgomery thinks Julius needs to calm down,” I said, as I watched him jabbing his finger at the other man.

“When did you speak to him?” asked Helen.

“Yesterday evening,” I said.

“I wondered what happened to you,” said Helen. “I had to eat dinner alone.”

“The sacrifice was worth it,” I said. “As was my martini headache this morning. Montgomery was very chatty and had useful information about a missing will.”

“A missing will! Does he have any idea what this will said?”

“We had a few guesses, but he wasn’t sure. There was mention of a secret friend of Leo’s and some money for the cats. Montgomery thinks Lady Cordelia is hiding the will so she doesn’t lose out on what she thinks she’s entitled to.”

“Another good reason for Lady Cordelia to kill Leo,” said Helen. “If she thought she was going to be swindled out of some money by a bunch of cats, she’d want to put a stop to that.”

Julius shouted in alarm, and I looked over to see one of the workmen had him by his jacket lapels. “Come on, looks like Julius needs saving.”

“If you think I’m going to take orders from you, you jumped-up little brat, then you can think again.

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