Honey Moon Murder by Dahlia Donovan

Author:Dahlia Donovan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922679789
Publisher: Tangled Tree Publishing

NINE

GEORGE

After a quick whizz around the garden to check on his flora and buzzy bees, George had led the walk down the lane to Margo’s. His cousin was already out in her front garden, doing some weeding while Treacle inspected every blade of grass. She’d waved off the invitation for breakfast, though Bumble had wandered over to flop beside his best friend.

“Leave him if you want. I’ll be out here most of the morning.” Margo made them promise to stop by later to give her all the gossip about what had happened. “You might have a chat with Alyssa at the café. Her girlfriend owns the Airbnb where Jimmy and Cara went to hide out.”

Saying their goodbyes, George wasn’t surprised when Bumble eyed them for a second before deciding to stay on the grass. They walked down the lane without their trundling little pug. Murphy stopped near where Valerie’s body had been found.

“Paddy?”

Murphy walked slowly along the right side of the lane. “She wasn’t killed here.”

“Right.” George moved over to stand beside him. He gestured towards where the body had been. “It had to have been dumped. There’d have been blood otherwise.”

“Maybe. They said they didn’t believe she’d been killed here. But what if she was murdered close by? Hit over the head? Maybe she stumbled down the lane before collapsing here.” Murphy scratched at his jaw absently, running his fingers through his beard. “Elwin mentioned Valerie died from blunt force trauma. That could mean anything from a rock to hitting your head on the ground.”

“It also makes me think it wasn’t planned.”

“We’ve both seen how emotionally trigger-happy the Larkins are.” Murphy said what George had been thinking. Both Jimmy and Cara seemed impulsive and volatile. “Why don’t you take this side, and I’ll walk the other? Maybe we’ll see something the police didn’t on our trek into the village.”

Given days had passed, George wasn’t expecting to find anything. The police had searched the area. Though he didn’t know how far down the lane they’d gone.

It made more sense for a fatally injured Valerie to have stumbled down the lane than for her to be randomly dumped out of a vehicle. If the killer had placed her intentionally, wouldn’t they have picked somewhere else? They’d surely have wanted to find a more secluded spot.

Not the middle of the lane.

Had the killer watched until they were certain Valerie wouldn’t get back up?

It was a terrifyingly sad thought. George was about to call out to Murphy, whose longer legs had carried him further down the lane, when he spotted an oddly damaged bit of hedge. He inched closer.

“Paddy?” George crouched down to inspect the hedge. “Does this look as if someone’s fallen on it and rolled around?”

Murphy strode back towards him. He came over to get a closer look. “Something fell on it. Not sure what.”

“There’s stones from the wall a little further up the lane. Maybe the killer grabbed one? Valerie walked in front of them. They might’ve argued.” George stood up.

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