Recipe for Murder: Patricia Fisher Village Mysteries (Patricia Fisher Mystery Adventures Book 3) by Steve Higgs

Author:Steve Higgs [higgs, steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Going to the Dogs

Sittingbourne is a forty-five-minute drive, but we have a garage full of exotic and expensive cars, so the trek to get there soon became an adventure crossed with a race. Still sad about my gorgeous Aston Martin, I consoled myself by taking the Lamborghini. Melissa was surprised to get my call, but when Sam heard there was a secret mission to be had, I could hear him whooping in the background.

By the time I got to his house, he was waiting in the doorway. Melissa gave me a wave and Sam got a kiss as he ran to get to me. ‘Wow, Mrs Fisher! This is a cool car.’ If his excitement at getting out of the house wasn’t enough, now he got to travel in a luxury Italian sports car he had most likely only seen on television or in magazines.

With Jermaine with Marcus, who had decided to take their date to the dogs, in the Bentley, Barbie behind the wheel of the Mini Cooper, and Hideki looking suave and cool in a gleaming red Ferrari, we set off for the motorway. Naughtily, all four of us broke the speed limit when we reached the Kings Hill bypass. If there was a cop lurking, they would be at one end, not in the middle, so for a two-mile stretch, we floored our accelerators and enjoyed the thrill of going fast.

Sam’s face was filled with an unbridled joy one cannot fake.

Finding our way to the dog track was easy; it was well signposted, but parking was less simple. The Gold Cup, whatever that was, had drawn a crowd, the stadium filling up with people looking to lose some money. Our cars drew a lot of attention, the throaty rumble of our engines turning heads as we approached and then wove through the press of people. We finally found parking spaces at the back of the stadium, but locking up and walking away, I couldn’t help feeling like the cars were being abandoned – we were not in the nicest area to be parking over a million pounds in cars.

‘There are a lot of people here, Patty,’ observed Barbie, the crowd ahead of us funnelling into the stadium mostly male. They were a mix of ages and clothing styles, some in suits, but the vast majority were not dressed for a night out and had not come as a family.

It didn’t matter that the venue was popular, but the problem it created was in finding Murray amongst them. It might have been tough to spot someone we didn’t know in a crowd of just a few hundred, now there were thousands to sift.

‘We’re here now,’ said Jermaine. ‘We might as well enjoy the event, take part and blend in, but also spread out and see if we can’t spot him.’

‘Everyone has the picture on their phones, yes?’ It was an unnecessary question for me to ask, Barbie having circulated a headshot picture of our target before we left.

Marcus put his hand up.

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