Ice Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series Book 1) by Jameson Emma

Author:Jameson, Emma [Jameson, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyonnesse Books
Published: 2011-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“ T hat’s interesting,” Hetheridge said, glancing at Kate. “Jules Comfrey seemed convinced Ginny Rowland despised her father.”

“Ah, well, love and hate, and the ever-shifting line in between.” Lady Margaret sipped her tea. “I understand Malcolm and Ginny were once powerfully attracted to one another. But such things wane. After a year or so, Malcolm lost interest, and Ginny found Burt Rowland. Burt always struck me as a bit of a dullard, not to mention a cold fish, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors? Never figured Burt for the sort to marry a, how shall I put it—career girl?”

Hetheridge leaned forward, taking Lady Margaret’s meaning at once. Kate, too, made the leap.

“Ginny Rowland was on the game?”

“Just the phrase I was looking for,” Lady Margaret said, delighted. “You sound like my nephew Frederick. He watches a great many crime dramas.”

Kate glanced at Hetheridge. “I’m assuming neither Malcolm Comfrey nor Burt Rowland were the sort of blokes to pick up girls off a curb. Did Ginny Rowland work out of her own flat, or was she part of some posh escort service?”

Lady Margaret beamed at her. “I wish I knew. Fascinating to learn of such things. And mind you, I’m not suggesting Ginny Rowland broke any laws. Frederick has assured me that prostitutes who operate from home are quite legal.”

“One girl, working alone in her own space, is an entrepreneur,” Hetheridge agreed. “Two girls or more makes it a brothel, and thus illegal. We’ll certainly look into Ginny Rowland’s background.”

“Why, Tony, I had no idea you were so involved in the enforcement of morals and good behavior.”

“I’m not. That sort of thing falls to other units. But on the night Malcolm Comfrey was murdered, didn’t Jules claim her father treated Ginny Rowland like a cheap whore?” Hetheridge asked Kate.

Kate reached for her bag, searching for her smart phone and the wealth of notes it contained, and then stopped, smiling at him. “You’re right. I’m sure that phrase is in my notes. Quite a memory you have there.”

“For an old man,” Hetheridge said.

“Hah,” Lady Margaret burst out. She did not look amused.

“Ginny Rowland seems to have propelled herself right up the social ladder,” Kate said. “Protecting a secret that would make her and her husband social pariahs is as good a motive for murder as any.”

Hetheridge nodded. “You and DS Bhar may find tomorrow morning’s interview quite fruitful. I don’t suppose you have any more surprises for us, Margaret? Any nuggets about Jules Comfrey? Or her fiancé Kevin Whitley, whom we currently have in custody for breaking into the Comfrey house on the night of the murder? ”

“Jules Comfrey?” Lady Margaret dismissed her with a flick of a hand. “Tedious girl. Verging on the nonentity. I despise this generation who enters adulthood with no idea of who they are, or what they want to be, flailing around for the next ten years like a fish in a blender. If I’d been given access to the possibilities modern nineteen-year-old females take for granted, I would have lived a remarkable life indeed.

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