Season to Kill by Elizabeth Flynn

Author:Elizabeth Flynn [Flynn, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lume Books
Published: 2020-06-24T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

‘What did you make of that?’ asked Angela as they drove away from the restaurant.

‘Seems OK to me,’ answered Gary. ‘Mind you, we’ll have to verify his alibi, such as it is, with this friend he’s supposed to have met.’

‘Yes, and even then, he’s not necessarily in the clear. But actually, I didn’t mean that. I wondered what you made of that notebook business. I got the distinct impression he didn’t want us to see what was written in it.’

‘I came into the office behind you,’ Gary reminded her. ‘I didn’t see it open. His behaviour didn’t particularly strike me as furtive, though. He just put it into the filing cabinet and got us settled. Mind you,’ he added, ‘on reflection, I did notice that he went through the kitchen pretty sharpish. When we were in the restaurant he told us he’d only been in for five minutes and the next thing I knew, he was in that office and we’d hardly got into the kitchen.’

‘Yes, I noticed that too. My reading of that is that he remembered he’d left the notebook open on the desk and wanted to close it before we got there.’

‘That’s interesting, then, isn’t it?’ said Gary.

‘It is, and it bears closer scrutiny.’

‘Shall I get on to the Financial Services Unit and ask them to take a look at his finances?’

‘Exactly what I was going to suggest.’

‘Consider it done,’ he replied. Their journey continued in companionable silence for a few moments before either of them spoke again.

‘There’s something I’d like to go over, if that’s all right,’ said Gary as he turned the car left into the Earls Court Road.

Angela looked across at him. ‘Fire away.’

‘Stanway was in a bit of a rush this morning so he hasn’t got the full story on Griff Madoc. I’m looking at Neville Ingram as the intended victim and Griff as a suspect.’

‘Right, go on.’

‘Obviously, Stanway’s right, adultery is a strong motive. But we know that Griff’s been putting up with his wife’s adultery for several years, and he hasn’t killed any of her former lovers, has he?’

‘This is true. Our DCI probably hasn’t read all our reports yet. But let’s run with this. How did he do it?’

‘I don’t think he could have, not on his own. He would have needed help.’

‘Yes, I agree. Does anybody come to mind?’

‘Della Burnett,’ said Gary.

Inwardly Angela winced, but her professionalism forced her to look at the possibility logically. ‘Yes, of course. She’d do anything to get in with Griff. It’s a big pro as to why she might be involved. I can see her as a very willing helper.’ Silence reigned in the car and neither of them spoke until Gary had turned into the Fulham Road heading towards Putney Bridge.

‘But…’ she said eventually.

‘Yes, that would give her a hold over him and I can’t believe he’d want that. He’s already threatened legal action against her once, remember.’

‘Yes, that’s true, so now we’ve got a reasonable con,’ agreed Angela with a smile.

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