Lethally Green by Amber Boffin

Author:Amber Boffin [Boffin, Amber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avenoak
Published: 2017-09-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Maggie waited for Adam’s return, picking a comfortable spot in the yard while keeping an eye on the dogs circling around his llamas. She enjoyed basking in the sun, her back against a tree trunk, half daydreaming, half thinking. Problems always seemed to disappear, replaced by obvious solutions only a natural setting could foster. She wondered what linked the guests at the Christmas party. What were the real feelings under the cover of the public display of amiability at such a gathering? Who had a close tie to Peter Wigmott, a real politician, changing like a chameleon according to the crowd he wanted to woo? Fiona was similar in that respect, always smiling, appearing to like everyone. Likewise, the new mayor seemed to have many facets, pretending not to have known Peter Wigmott while the rumour ran contrary.

Then there was Peter’s brother, Fred, a strange one, a secretive and jealous type, promoting his brother with a little too much ardour. What was he trying to hide? What about Joe and his passionate wife Heather? Joe had told Maggie jokingly that he often had to write down in his diary a man’s name instead of a woman’s when he had an appointment, otherwise Heather would question him through the night. When Heather pushed Joe into offering his services to her, it seemed out of line with what a jealous woman would do: arranging a meeting with another woman for her husband, even for business.

Maggie wondered whether Heather was more calculated than she appeared. It could have been a test to see how Joe reacted to one of his female clients. She brushed away the thought as she remembered Joe mentioning that his wife knew he didn’t fall for redheads. Perhaps she felt she had nothing to fear…

The warmth of the sun on her cheeks connected to the thought of solar panels. She couldn’t explain her uneasiness about the entire business, especially Leon LeBreton. She didn’t trust him. He boasted and liked himself too much. Normally that would be enough for her not to hire him, but she needed an excuse to speak to him again without raising any suspicion about her true motive.

She felt she had to help find out what happened, to clear her name of any possible suspicion on the part of the police—or Tina. She knew Tina was doing her own investigation, and if there would be a way to incriminate her, she would. Just like when they were kids, when she had pointed the finger at Maggie for the mysterious disappearance of the classroom’s skeleton—still a mystery to this day.

What if the murderer thought Maggie had seen him or her when she found the body? She might then be the next target. Maggie shuddered. She had to get to the bottom of it. Although the local police were good people, they didn’t seem the fastest around and could do with help.

She hated lying and concluded the way to trick herself into concealing her fear and views

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