Violet and the Pearl of the Orient by Harriet Whitehorn

Author:Harriet Whitehorn [Whitehorn, Harriet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781471118968
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

PC Green seemed to have been promoted; he had a smart office and Violet noticed that everyone was calling him Inspector Green. He was delighted to see her, or, to be more accurate, was delighted until she showed him the crime-solving matrix when a cloud seemed to settle over the policeman’s face. Before Violet had finished explaining, he interrupted her brusquely.

‘Violet, I have to tell you that I find your accusations against the Du Plicitous family quite preposterous.’ Violet tried to protest but he held up his hand to quieten her, his face reddening with anger. ‘I could spend hours telling you how wrong you and your matrix are, but I haven’t the time because I have lots of important police work to do. So I will just say that the main reason that it is all totally ridiculous is that this very morning the Count came to see me to say that he had found the Pearl of the Orient in a flowerbed outside Mrs Derota’s flat and had returned it safely to her. So, Violet, what do you think of that?’ he challenged triumphantly.

Violet was so amazed by this news that she didn’t know what to say. But that didn’t matter because there was a polite tap on the door. A young policewoman appeared.

‘Sorry to bother you, Sir, but I thought you might be interested to know that St Catherine’s has just reported a missing pupil,’ she said, looking pointedly at Violet.

‘Oh dear, Violet,’ PC Green smirked, full of mock sympathy. ‘You seem to be in rather a lot of trouble, don’t you?’

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