Money, Lies, and Murder by Sibel Hodge

Author:Sibel Hodge [Hodge, Sibel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2014-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

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There was no answer to my repeated knocking at Ashcombe House. I peered in the windows at the front but couldn't see Deborah anywhere, and I couldn't hear the chimes of classical music this time, either. Her silver Merc was in the driveway, and it didn't look like it had been moved since the last time I was there.

I made my way through the side gate to see if she was in the garden, but the only forms of life out there were a couple of rabbits munching on the grass. Considering her garden seemed to be her pride and joy, I didn't think Deborah would be too pleased about the mammal interference.

I climbed over the flowerbeds to have a look-see through the rear windows and French doors. The bag of fertilizer was still there, spilling out yellowy-green pellets all over the ground. Cupping my hands over my eyes, I peered through the glass.

Nothing but empty rooms. Had Deborah done a runner?

I was just debating this, and whether to use Brad's open-sesame lock-picking tool, when Hacker rang.

"Yo. I checked into Letitia's background like you asked, but I can't see anything strange that happened to her, or anything that she was involved in four years ago."

I exhaled a monster of a sigh. Another dead end. "Thanks for trying."

"I also checked out Eleanor Jones. There was a bit of a hoo-ha when she was at Cambridge University in the sixties."

I wandered back through the gate. "Ooh, I'm all ears. Are you sure it's a hoo-ha, or a to-do, or a kerfuffle?"

"Maybe I should let you decide? Eleanor and Deborah were caught having an affair. Back in the sixties, there was a rule that said students couldn't have a relationship with each other. And lesbian relationships were particularly frowned upon. They nearly got kicked out."

"Interesting." My mind was going full steam ahead with this new information.

"They were only allowed to stay after they promised to break it off," Hacker went on.

"Maybe they never did break it off. Maybe they're still seeing each other." I thought again of the pearls around Eleanor's neck. They looked like a matching set to the ones Deborah was wearing when I met her. A little lover's gift to each other, perhaps? "I think Eleanor knows more about the robbery than she's letting on." I put the Toyota in first and headed out the drive. "I'll come back and speak to Deborah later. In the meantime, I have to see an author about some erotica. What insurance company did you say she had her house insurance with?"

"Alliance Mutual."

"Cool." I pulled up outside Swallow Mews.

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