Lying Ways by Rachel Lynch

Author:Rachel Lynch [Lynch, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2021-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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In the pretty seaside village of Seascale, Kelly looked for somewhere to park. Craig had told her that the centre of the small village had a car park near the railway line that split the hamlet in two. The coastal rail route was rugged and windswept and Kelly had once taken it with John Porter, who she believed at the time to be her father, years ago, when he took her and her sister to Ravenglass, to go on the steam train. The car park was near a children’s play area and some kids were there with their parents, who eyed the unfamiliar car suspiciously. It was quite obvious that strangers didn’t often turn up here. With less than 2,000 residents, Kelly guessed that everybody knew everyone’s business. So Dean Kirby, with a dog, should have stood out.

There was an ice cream parlour and Kelly was reminded of her pregnancy cravings. She used to always find an excuse to drop in on her favourite ice cream shop at Glenridding, ordering two scoops of whatever took her fancy. Now her mouth watered. Craig parked next to her. The people at the park stared at them. They must have looked official, or like two office workers meeting for an illicit affair. They locked their cars, took coats and walked to the shop, where Kelly ordered coffee and a slice of cake. She was peckish. Craig added his order and they took a table by the window and peered out across the Irish Sea.

Sellafield, the nuclear plant under decommissioning, was hidden a mile down the coast and the view was of a windswept wilderness, with no clue of the monstrous structure behind the vast sand dunes. The colours on this stretch of coastline were made up of gentle greens, browns and the pure blue of the sea. It was remote and isolated and most of the population was employed by Sellafield. Such a life wasn’t suited to Kelly, and she wondered what business Dean Kirby had here.

‘Have you been notified yet about Dean Kirby boarding a train to Ravenglass?’ she asked. They sat opposite one another and listened to the wind whistling outside. The windows rattled in the background. Craig looked at his phone and nodded. The woman came across with their order and they thanked her as she unloaded her tray. Craig nodded again as she left them to it and showed Kelly an email. She took his phone as he buttered his tea cake. Kelly looked at the email and the attached photograph. Dean had boarded the 1:24 p.m. from Barrow, which stopped at Ravenglass at 2:13 p.m. That fitted with the witness statement. She read the information out loud.

‘It’d take about twenty minutes to walk from the station at Ravenglass to where the witness spotted him in Saltcoats, so it’s more likely to be three p.m.,’ said Craig.

‘And the coroner came back to me with a time of death of sometime on Saturday. Let’s drive the route to Seascale and look for residential cameras.

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