Run to Death by Patrick Quentin

Author:Patrick Quentin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
Published: 2018-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

We were reaching a bend, the last bend before the dock. Side-swiping a boat with a photographer, and almost knocking his camera into the canal, we made the bend and turned it.

There were a flock of new boats ahead and, beyond them, the dock where we had embarked.

“Cucurucu…” yelled the musicians.

Three girls in the boat in front of me sat with their arms entwined around each other’s waists, their black hair hanging loose down their backs.

“Cucurucu…” they sang.

I stretched up, trying to look around their canopy. One of them rolled her eyes at me and tossed a carnation. All three burst into a gale of giggling, mermaid laughter.

A boat was drawing up at the dock. I couldn’t see its occupant. Then there was a sudden movement, and I caught a glimpse of shrill green.

My heart did a hand spring. There was more green. And then, I saw all of her. There was no doubt—no doubt at all.

Lena Snood was standing on the bank. She was a good fifty yards away, but I could see her in every detail. There was a pink camelia pinned in her untidy hair. In one hand she was, carrying a great bunch of scarlet carnations. She was fumbling in her bag. She brought out money and paid her boatman. She turned then and started up the bank. From behind I could just see a glimpse of something small and bright tucked under her arm.

The Wrong Murder by Craig Rice.

In my eagerness I climbed farther forward into the bow, lost my balance and half slipped overboard, one leg plunging into the water. The three girls in front of me giggled.

Although I was too far away for her to hear, I let out a blaring:

“Lena.”

The three girls chorused in mocking treble unison:

“Lena, Lena…”

Once again their gale of laughter swept up.

“Quick,” I said to Vera. “She’s there. Tell him to break his back.”

“Cucurucu, me canton las palomas.

Tralalala, me canta el trobador.”

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