THE CHESHIRE CAT MURDERS an enthralling crime mystery full of twists (Yorkshire Murder Mysteries Book 18) by ROGER SILVERWOOD

Author:ROGER SILVERWOOD [SILVERWOOD, ROGER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime thriller and mystery
Published: 2020-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

11

‘You’re late,’ Mary said. ‘Tea’s ruined.’

‘It’s only six o’clock,’ Angel said as he removed his coat. He took it through to the hall, returned, crossed quickly to the sink, turned on the tap and reached out for the soap.

Mary looked across from the oven, saw what he was doing and said, ‘Why don’t you wash your hands in the bathroom? This is my working area.’

‘I always wash my hands here,’ he said.

‘Sit down. I don’t know what it’ll be like. It’s ruined.’

‘Go on. Slap it out on the plate. I’ll eat it, whatever it’s like.’

She glared at him and said, ‘We don’t slap it out in this house. We serve it.’ She jostled up to him carrying a hot pan of cauliflower.

He reached out for a tea towel to dry his hands.

With her free hand, she snatched it off him and pushed a hand towel at him.

He turned away from the sink, drying his hands and said, ‘Why don’t you just serve up, and stop being annoying?’

‘You’re in my way,’ she said. ‘Go and sit down.’

He went to the kitchen table which was already set. He pulled out a chair and sat down. He checked the cutlery, side plates, salt and pepper, then looked across at Mary and watched her bend down to take something out of the oven. It was then that he noticed the high-heeled shoes, the tights, the dress and, as she moved to the sink, the make-up and the hair.

He frowned. ‘What you all done up for?’ he said. ‘Are you going out?’

‘I hope you’re hungry,’ she said, as she banged an extra spoonful of mashed potato on a plate.

He rubbed his chin. She was not in high-heeled shoes at 5.30 in an afternoon without good reason. Somebody must be coming. He hoped she had not invited another villain like last time. She needn’t have got dressed up for him. Or, of course, she could be planning to go out. If that was her plan, he couldn’t think where she might be going. He definitely had no intention of turning out. It was raining hard when he arrived home and there was a strong wind blowing up. This was a night for staying by the fire.

They ate in silence which was unusual.

When Angel had cleared his plate, he put his knife and fork down together and said, ‘Thank you. If you’ll excuse me I’ll go and catch up with the news.’ Then he pushed his chair away from the table.

Mary knew he was still tetchy because he always said something about the meal, usually complimentary.

He went through the hall into the sitting room and switched on the television.

Mary pushed two sprouts and a potato to the side of her plate, got up from the table, switched on the kettle, and made the coffee.

The television picture came up showing President Obama again speaking about the huge oil leak off the south coast of the US and again insisting that the entire cost of the clean-up and compensation claims be paid by the giant BP oil company.

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