The Rise of the Red Queen by Bourne Morris

Author:Bourne Morris [Morris, Bourne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Amateur Sleuth, british cozy mysteries, detective novels, english mysteries, female detective, murder mysteries, murder mystery books, Murder Mystery Series, mystery books, Women Sleuths
Publisher: Henery Press Publishing
Published: 2015-10-28T06:00:00+00:00

Jamie

The man had gone upstairs after breakfast and left her in the kitchen to wait for the walk he’d promised. She planned to ask him if they could walk toward the water. If it was a lake…People lived near lakes. Maybe she would see someone, or be seen.

“Ready?” The man was standing by the entrance to the hall. He held a length of thick rope in his hand. He approached her. “Don’t be frightened. I’m going to tie us together.”

“Why? It will be uncomfortable.”

“Because you ran the 1600 faster than any high school girl in Nevada.”

“You know everything about me and I don’t even know your name.”

“You will someday.” He looped the rope around her waist and then knotted it and looped it around his waist and tied another knot. No chance she could run away. They walked to the back door, tied together, his arm firmly around her shoulders. “Put your head down and close your eyes.”

“Why?”

“You still want to go outside? Do as I say.”

She obeyed and closed her eyes while he tapped out the code on the padlock. The freshness of the air hit her immediately as they stepped through the back door of the kitchen. It was still warm outside. She calculated it must still be early September. She turned to him, “What’s the date?”

“It doesn’t matter. Which way do you want to walk?” His grip on her shoulder grew firmer and she could feel the tug of the rope around her waist with every step they took.

“I’ve seen water through the trees. I’d like to walk that way,” she said, hoping he would agree. “It looks pretty.”

“It is.”

They walked in silence across the lawn toward a narrow path. She noticed the lawn needed mowing. “I like mowing grass. I’d be happy to mow this lawn,” she said, trying to sound upbeat.

“I’ll bet you would. But being outdoors on your own is a privilege you have yet to earn.” Even his speech was stilted and old-fashioned.

The path led through a stand of trees and into a small meadow. She could see water glistening beyond through another stand of trees. His arm around her shoulders grew heavier as he pulled her closer. Past the second stand of trees, they came to the shore of a lake that lay gleaming in the sun, large and wide, more than a mile long.

“It’s beautiful. How large is it?” She tried to keep her voice light, although the excitement she felt at being outdoors and the possibility of seeing other people made her heart pound.

“It’s actually two lakes,” he said quietly as both of them looked out over the water. “The two lakes are connected by a swampy marsh off to the right.”

Yes, she could see the marsh.

“The lake’s only about twelve feet deep at the deepest part.”

Her heart rate increased. She could practically walk across some of this lake, and the rest would be an easy swim.

“This is a eutrophic lake. Do you know what eutrophic means?”

“No. Tell me, please.” She wanted to keep him talking and he seemed to want to inform her.

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