Tricky Death by Beate Boeker

Author:Beate Boeker [Boeker, Beate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Temptation in Florence #8
Publisher: Beate Boeker
Published: 2019-01-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Stefano felt as if someone had hit him square in the stomach. “Lucio Casanuova?”

“Yes. I have to say I'm quite happy with this. Usually, the results are much more ambiguous.”

“Do you think they’re fake?”

“Fake?” The smile fell out of Amerigo Rossi's voice. “No. Why should they be fake? He started in the company a few weeks ago, and ever since, he's validated all the purchase orders.”

“He's a construction engineer. He never told me he validated purchase orders.”

“Well, of course a construction engineer has to validate them. Others would hardly know what's needed.”

That made sense. Darn. He'd have to talk to Lucio again. Garini shook his head. It felt as if a dark cloud had suddenly come closer and settled above him. “But Lucio Casanuova has only been with the company for a few weeks. This must have been going on for a longer time.”

“Yeah. It was someone else before him, but that guy died in an accident.”

The hair on the back of Garini’s neck rose up. “Excuse me?” Lucio never mentioned a predecessor.

“One day, he went to see the marmi, you know, the marble mines in Carrara. They are less than an hour from here. Carrara marble is world-famous for being so very white and beautiful.”

Does he think I'm a tourist? “I grew up in Tuscany, so of course I know the marble works in Carrara.” Garini's voice was dry.

“Sorry. I sometimes get carried away because I like Carrara marble so very much. I've wondered if I should order a statue of my dog, but –”

“We were talking about the accident.”

“Oh. Yes. Well, apparently, this predecessor of Lucio Casanuova slipped in an unlucky way when he was visiting one of the caves, hit his head upon a block of marble, and broke his neck.”

“How come you know all this?”

“There's a secretary here who enjoys making coffee for good-looking auditors. I often take the time to stop and chat, and it's amazing how much you can learn in the hallways.”

A sudden dislike for the auditor broke like a wave over Garini. I really have to get a grip on myself! So far, I thought him super-efficient, and now, just because he's started to unearth new dirt on Lucio, I start to have doubts. This is highly unprofessional conduct. His shoulders slumped. He had hoped to find proof that Lucio couldn't be involved. Instead, he'd found the opposite. He made a conscious effort to continue as usual. He had to go through with it. “Look, can you find out when the next shipment is coming in, and arrange for your team to welcome them at the port? The vessel will have left South America five or four weeks ago, so even if the audit has alerted them, we might have a chance to get at the steel girders before they do so. It fact, it might be best to impound the container right away, before it has even been unloaded. It seems this might be the clue you've been waiting for to crack this case open.

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