Last Boat To Camden Town (The Christy Kennedy Mysteries Book 1) by Charles Paul

Author:Charles, Paul [Charles, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Fahrenheit Press
Published: 2016-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

‘Look! There!’ Kennedy pointed. They had half-run, half-walked the mile or so to the Cumberland Basin. The heavy rain had ceased, unveiling a full moon. From one side, the moon lit the bridge they were standing on whilst the lights from the Feng Shang floating restaurant illuminated the other.

It was obvious from Kennedy’s agitation that he had stumbled upon something important to the case. Just exactly what that was remained a mystery to ann rea.

‘What’s going on? What is it Kennedy?’ she asked again.

‘Okay. The only way it’s possible to be on that bank of the canal,’ he started, pointing to the zoo bank, directly opposite the Feng Shang, ‘is if you come down there by the side entrance – near the zoo building, down the steep bank and through that gate. That’s a very high fence, with barbed wire on top, so there’s no other way down.’

‘So?’ ann rea inquired, still not following him.

‘Now, that gate remains locked until Junior opens it first thing in the morning and he arrives around six-thirty. He spends some time preparing the boat and awaiting the arrival of his work mate, Martin Shaw. The gate is locked after them. That side is not open to the public – boat-owners only. The public walkway is on the other side. This side dead-ends up there at the top of the basin. The public side…’ he turned and pointed to the other side, ‘continues around under that bridge and heads up towards Camden Lock. So that means that Berry could not have reached the bank by accident. He could not have made his own way there to jump or fall in.’

‘Couldn’t he just have jumped from up here on the bridge?’ ann rea asked.

‘No, impossible. His body was found over there, you see? Where the Sailing Diamond is moored now – that must be at least twenty feet away. It would be impossible to jump so far,’ answered Kennedy.

‘What if he jumped down on to the bank and then made his way to the point where he leapt in?’

‘Well, to jump that distance on to a hard surface, he’d have broken some bones, and a doctor would certainly have known that, plus there would have been some marks or swelling on his body as a result. Berry had no such marks or broken bones when he was found,’ Kennedy said, triggering off another of his thoughts. ‘Ah! No marks, except the faint line along the front of his chest, underarm to underarm. That would explain that,’ Kennedy said, racing ahead again.

‘Pardon? Please explain what you’re on about now. I’m beginning to think I shouldn’t have had that wine, Kennedy.’

‘Okay. At first we thought the mark across Dr Berry’s chest was caused by his clothes bunching up under his arms and pulling tight when he was pulled out of the water. But it would make a lot more sense…’ this time ann rea waited for the explanation, ‘if someone had tied a rope around him – under the arms – and lowered him over the side of the bridge down on to the bank.

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