Proposals and Poison (An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Book 16) by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

9

After a suitable greeting, Fenella stepped back to let Daniel into her apartment. “Shelly has invited us to dinner,” she said. “She baked a cake for dessert.”

Daniel’s eyes lit up. “That sounds good,” he said. “I could use a treat after the day I had.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing really, it was just a long and mostly unsatisfactory day. Tracking down these men shouldn’t be this difficult. We only found one body, so at least a few of the six should be out there somewhere.”

“But if they’re officially listed as missing, surely the police have been looking for them for years?”

“Yes and no. There’s usually a very active search when the report is first filed and then, over time, additional periodic reviews. These reports were made around thirty years ago, which means they now get reviewed once a year. I’d never admit it to anyone else, but I’ll tell you that the review isn’t always particularly thorough. We don’t have the resources to do much more, though.”

“That’s a shame.”

“We do our best with the resources available. We have a few leads on some of the men, anyway. I’ll be chasing them down tomorrow.”

“Which ones?”

“Lloyd Kelly and Paul Yates.”

“So they’re off the list?”

“Not yet. They’re both lower on the list, though. I won’t cross anyone off until I’ve spoken to that person myself.”

“Some of them could be dead,” Fenella suggested.

“That will complicate things,” he said, winking at her.

“So where are Lloyd and Paul?” she asked.

“Someone rang the station anonymously and suggested that we should search for Lloyd in Canada. I’ve contacted someone at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which is their national force. He’s going to see what he can find out for me.”

“Kelly is probably a fairly common surname, but Lloyd is a bit different,” Fenella said thoughtfully.

“That’s almost exactly what he said,” Daniel replied. “He’s going to ring me tomorrow with an update. I’m cautiously optimistic that he’s going to find Lloyd.”

“And Paul?”

“May be in Australia. Again, I’ve contacted someone there who is going to do his best to try to track the man down.”

“Did that come from another anonymous source?”

“No, actually, it came from a woman who said she’d had a relationship with Paul. She said he’d told her he was going to Australia just before he disappeared. She thought he was going to take her with him, but then, one day, he simply vanished. She just assumed he’d decided to go without her.”

“People are odd,” Fenella said.

Daniel chuckled. “We are, aren’t we?”

A short while later, they headed next door with a bottle of wine.

“You didn’t need to bring wine,” Shelly protested as she let them into her apartment.

“I thought that was better than bringing the dogs,” Fenella laughed. “Although I’m going to have to pop back and forth in case they need anything.”

“Go and get them,” Shelly suggested. “Smokey can get shut up in the bedroom for a few hours. It won’t hurt her.”

“I could bring Katie, too, and the cats could play together in the bedroom while the dogs are here,” Fenella replied.

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