Questions for a Dead Man: The thrilling new instalment of the Sunday Times bestselling series (DSI William Lorimer Book 20) by Alex Gray

Author:Alex Gray [Gray, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2023-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Maggie slung her bag onto the carpet and trudged across to the kitchen. A cup of tea and a bit of her own shortbread, she thought. The house was chilly, the heating not due to click on for another hour, so she’d light the fire, sit on the rocking chair that had been her mum’s favourite and have a bit of time to herself. Chancer followed her into the kitchen and sat beside the cupboard where his food was kept, looking up hopefully, green eyes fixed on his mistress.

Soon Maggie was settled by the fire, draining the cup of Earl Grey, and giving a satisfied sigh. She closed her eyes and thought about the day she’d had, two unexpected ‘please takes’ in the English and Modern Languages departments to cover for members of staff who’d succumbed to the first wave of the winter vomiting bug. Both the non-teaching slots in today’s timetable had been used up and so marking and preparation would have to be done this evening. She smiled as she remembered the friendly greetings some kids had given her as they’d entered the classroom, evidently pleased to see that it was a familiar teacher waiting for them. It had been hectic but fun, too, since Mrs Lorimer taught most of them in her own English classes. Knowing the kids made all the difference; the ones who might disrupt a lesson as well as the ones that needed a bit more drawing out. The afternoon bell had come as a relief, though, and Maggie Lorimer was glad to be in the comfort of her own home.

She stretched a hand down to the bag she’d left beside the chair, fingers grasping the bundle of mail she’d left there that morning. It would be the usual stuff, she thought, slipping off the elastic band and laying it aside; a white envelope that was probably her Mastercard bill, a couple of flyers for the local pizzeria and money-off vouchers for a nearby Spar. Oh, and a small booklet called Connect that came every so often, and which Maggie put to the top, deciding to have a quick read before she began her work. Both she and Bill supported Glasgow City Mission but it was Maggie who kept up to date with the news from the Christian organisation in the Connect magazine. There was something uplifting about reading the stories where different people had turned their lives around for the better and Maggie opened the latest newsletter anticipating a good read.

There were pictures of families enjoying the summer activities a few weeks previously, then a couple of updates about the ongoing work and the numbers of homeless people who had found help in the premises in Crimea Street. There were always stories, too, of men or women who had come to a belief in Jesus, their spiritual lives as well as their physical well-being improved significantly. Maggie didn’t pay much attention to the black and white photo of a smiling man but instead read all about how he had overcome drug addiction and was now helping others to do the same.

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