The Cotswold Mysteries Collection by Rebecca Tope

Author:Rebecca Tope [Rebecca Tope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780749015848
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2013-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

In the car, Thea had a flash of foreknowledge at how the effects of the night would rebound on her for many months to come. Her revival after the escape from Desmond had been rapid, bringing her to the point of issuing orders to a police superintendent and calling him an idiot. Rapid, but also transitory. For the present, her whole being was focused on the rescue of the dog. She leaned forward, as if this could make the car go faster. She held a vision of Hepzie curled patiently on the car seat, trusting her mistress to come back for her. It’ll be all right she repeated silently to herself. Because any further turn of the screw would not be bearable.

Hollis tried to question her, especially on the matter of Desmond. ‘I’ll give you the whole story tomorrow,’ she promised. ‘You should have arrested Robert this evening, I suppose – but I don’t think he’ll be going anywhere. His womenfolk aren’t going to let him get into any more trouble.’

‘Robert?’ Hollis echoed. ‘Robert Craven, do you mean?’

‘Shut up,’ she pleaded. ‘And drive.’

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