KILLING A STRANGER an absolutely gripping mystery thriller full of twists (Naomi Blake Mysteries Book 4) by JANE ADAMS

Author:JANE ADAMS [ADAMS, JANE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime thriller, mystery and suspense
Published: 2025-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Ernst stood in the hallway of his son’s flat not wanting to go further inside and yet knowing that he must. No one had wanted to enter the flat since he died, but the pressure was now on to put it on the market and get rid. Ernst wanted to look around before his daughter and son-in-law came in to clear the place of any personal effects. There was talk about bringing in one of the local house clearance firms to do the job; no one wanted to empty Adam’s flat. To do so was the final acknowledgement that he would not be coming back.

He didn’t know what he was looking for or if he’d recognize that significant something should he see it, but Ernst felt he had to try. Alec’s suggestion that Adam may have set up the meeting that led to his death was one that made sense. Maybe Ernst would have reached that conclusion on his own, in time, but it had shocked him to be confronted by it. Shocked him more to realize how reasonable an assumption it was.

What had happened after Jennifer had told Adam about Rob? Had he spoken to the boy? Had he tried to find out about him? And why drink so much before the meeting? Was it Dutch courage or was it simply that he didn’t see Rob as a threat?

Ernst figured that if the evidence for any of this existed, it would be in the flat. Adam’s personal effects had been returned to him and Ernst had gone though them again today but there was nothing exceptional. Adam’s wallet, with cards and money, his mobile phone — the numbers were all ones Ernst expected to be there — a few coins, his keys, a shopping list and a couple of till receipts. Normal things. Unremarkable items.

The hall was tidy and empty but for a small table; a Victorian plant stand, actually, Ernst noted, on which Adam sat the phone. The shelf beneath held directories and a small green book in which he had written telephone numbers. Again, only family, friends, work colleagues. Adam had been meticulous enough to state which was which. He had always been organized, finicky even, Ernst thought. Even as a little boy his toy shelves had been organized according to type of toy, or colour, or shape, whatever his present mood might be. Elizabeth piled her possessions into a big chest and could never find anything. It was a common theme of childhood arguments that Elizabeth couldn’t find her pencils and wanted to borrow his. Or that she left their paints with the colours all muddied. Or that his books came back with the corners turned down when she borrowed them. In the end, Ernst had told Beth that she must use only her own things and that if she didn’t leave Adam’s toys alone, he would give him a padlock for his door to keep her out. He never did and Elizabeth never really ceased to annoy her brother with her messy ways.

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