A Talent for Murder by Andrew Wilson

Author:Andrew Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books

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Una put that morning’s copy of the Times back on the dining table and opened her notebook. She underlined Dr. Kurs’s address and added him to her list of things to do that day. Yesterday, after fleeing the home of Nancy Neele in Croxley Green, she had finally located a public library in Watford where she found out a little more about the doctor. He had, she learned, studied at London University; after graduation he had worked in Leeds before moving down south, first to Guildford, and later he established a practice in Rickmansworth; and he had published a couple of papers relating to pain relief and palliative care. Surely, there could be no harm in paying him a visit?

When she had telephoned Davison last night from her comfortable but quite simple hotel in Guildford, she had filled him in on some of her findings. She had not wanted to tell him everything because she knew that he would disapprove of her methods. Imagine him knowing that she had stolen into Colonel Christie’s house under an assumed name. That she had deliberately pulled at the hem of her skirt and then gossiped with a local dressmaker to find out the address of Miss Neele, the colonel’s mistress. And that she had called on Miss Neele’s home under the guise of one of Mrs. Christie’s relatives. No, it was best to try and keep certain things secret. When she had finally won her scoop and the story had made a real splash, then she could inform Davison of some of the less-than-honest means she had employed along the way. But not until then.

After breakfast she left her hotel and drove from Guildford back to Rickmansworth, careful not to take the route through the center of the town in case she was spotted by the dreadful Mrs. Peabody. She parked at the top end of Rectory Lane and walked until she located the house that Dr. Kurs used as both his surgery and his home. The Scottish lady who worked as his receptionist told her that the doctor would be back at around midday. Una did not leave her name but said that she would come back later. Instead of returning to the center of the town she walked down towards the canal, where she spent an hour or so thinking over the case. She was sure she was on to something, something that could change her life.

Back at the surgery, Una gave her name to the receptionist. As she waited for the doctor to return, Una looked around the bay-fronted room. Its overall feel was one of order. Everything here was in its right place. A large bookcase behind the reception desk was filled with medical textbooks and journals. There was a shelf with a vase of flowers and another one used to display a selection of what looked like old-fashioned examination instruments. There was a glass-fronted cabinet, inside of which stood a number of blue-ridged bottles. As Una squinted to make out the indented lettering on one particular bottle, a bearded man strode into the surgery.

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