No Simple Death (2019 Edition) by Valerie Keogh

Author:Valerie Keogh [Keogh, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913419202
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2019-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

14

West stood a moment looking through the window of the visitors’ room door, watching Edel as she sat and stared without moving. Death and its consequences were an accepted part of his job, but that didn’t make it any easier. He checked his watch. Three, he saw with annoyance. He opened the door quietly, giving her time to come back from wherever it was she had gone. She rose when she saw him and came to the door.

‘We can head back now,’ he said, reaching out to take her arm.

Outside the building, she hesitated. ‘My car,’ she began with an interrogative glance in his direction, ‘am I allowed take it?’

‘I’m afraid not for the moment,’ he apologised. ‘I’ll arrange to get it sent back to Dublin when they’ve finished with it but that won’t be for some time. Maybe you should get a hire car for the time being.’

‘Maybe,’ she replied vaguely. She sat into his car without further comment and buckling up, she leaned her head back against the headrest, sighed and closed her eyes.

The drive to the airport was fast and uneventful and she kept her eyes closed throughout the journey. Whether to prevent conversation or because she was tired, West didn’t know, but he maintained the silence she seemed to prefer. He was honest enough to admit it suited him too, gave him time to think. He was running through the day’s events when he remembered the briefcase and groaned, he should have turned it over to Pengelly. They were almost at the airport but if he insisted, he’d have to go back. He saw a lay-by sign ahead and, indicating, he pulled in. Dialling Falmouth station, he tapped on the steering wheel as he waited to be put through.

‘I can go back with it,’ he said, after giving a quick explanation.

‘No, that’s okay,’ Pengelly said. ‘A briefcase full of papers, eh? Sounds like I had a lucky escape. If you find anything of interest, copy it and send it to me, okay?’

Swallowing a sigh of relief, West assured him that he would, and cut the connection. Back on the road, he glanced in Edel’s direction to find her staring intently at him. Slightly unnerved, he concentrated on the road ahead. A brief glance, moments later, found her still staring and he felt irritation beginning to prickle.

It turned to surprise when she finally spoke. ‘Are you a good detective?’ she asked.

Taken aback, he gave the question some consideration before answering. He’d been a good solicitor, was he a good detective? He didn’t like the paperwork or the politics and struggled sometimes to remain objective, but he loved the puzzle of it all, the search for the end of the string in an attempt to find the right one to pull to untangle the knot. He railed at the revolving door of crime, seeing criminals he’d put away last year, back to their tricks the next. But he never grew tired, he never became bored and, in every case, he was doggedly determined to get the answers he needed.

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