ONE LITTLE MISTAKE (CSI Reilly Steel Book 6) by Casey Hill

Author:Casey Hill [Hill , Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

The day before Kennedy was due to return to work, Chris and Reilly finally made it to Hammer and Tongs.

In his partner’s absence, he’d asked her to come along for the interview with the restaurant owner he and Kennedy had missed last time. While it seemed they had their man, Chris wanted to be sure of tying up all loose ends when it came to Jennifer Armstrong’s death.

Nico Peroni greeted them both with a warm handshake. He didn’t raise his eyebrows at Reilly, the way some people did when greeted by female law enforcement and she warmed to him immediately.

‘I’m sorry that we have to meet under such circumstances,’ said Nico. ‘I hope that you will be able to dine here again, for a more suitable occasion.’

‘Thank you,’ said Reilly, although the cavernous feeling of Hammer and Tongs wasn’t exactly to her taste. ‘How long has the restaurant been open?’

‘Eighteen months,’ said Nico. ‘I went into business with Tony Ellis. I’m sure you’ve heard of him. Not to everyone’s taste, but he is doing some ground-breaking things with food.’

‘Is he here now?’

‘Tony has other restaurants in London and he’s not always on site. He designs the menu and cooks for important events, but I am the chef de cuisine. He has the vision.’

‘And the restaurant is doing well?’

Nico gave a small but satisfied smile. ‘It is doing very well, yes.’

The waitress delivered them three small, steaming coffees, with a shard of biscotti on the side.

‘Which of you hired Harry McMurty?’ asked Chris.

‘It was my mistake, I am sorry to say,’ said Nico. ‘Tony does not usually take part in hiring staff and the like.’

‘Can you tell us what you know about Harry? His personality, anything strange you noticed about him? Basically, everything you remember.’

‘Of course,’ said Nico. ‘I just want to say that I feel very saddened about all this. I feel that in hiring Harry, I may have given him access to connections he might not otherwise have had.’

‘We find that these kinds of people are usually very determined,’ said Chris. ‘He would have found a way, with or without any assistance provided to him. He could be very charming, we’ve learned.’

‘Yes,’ said Nico. ‘He was very charming, when he wanted to be. But let me start at the beginning.’ He took a sip of his coffee, smiled ruefully and began.

‘We had just started the restaurant when Harry approached me. He was working somewhere else, but after an incident with a colleague …’ here he shook his head slightly, ‘he said he felt too traumatized to work there any longer. He said he wanted to be a chef, that he had a passion for fine cuisine, but that he could not afford to put himself through school. He just wanted to be a part of a successful restaurant in any way possible.’

‘And so you hired him?’

‘I did more than hire him, I’m afraid,’ said Nico. ‘In a way, I began to mentor him. What I saw was a determined but disadvantaged young man.

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