Death Of A Temptress by P.F. Ford

Author:P.F. Ford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, whodunnit, mystery detective, fun mystery, mystery and crime, mystery and intrigue, british detective series, mystery and humour, english murder mystery novel, murder mystery england

Chapter Eighteen

“Is this it?” Slater was disappointed. He didn’t really know what he was expecting, but this certainly wasn’t it. He watched a few more seconds of the two bodies writhing around in the bed.

“It’s just a porn video, and not a very good one. It’s just two bodies under a blanket. It could be anyone.”

“Which is exactly the point, guy,” said Vinnie angrily. He stopped the video in disgust.

“Hey, Mister Norm.” Vinnie appealed to Norman. “Can’t you send Mister Very Negative here back where he came from so we can get on and do some real work? I can’t do my thing proper wiv all this negative stuff in the room.”

“Yeah, Dave,” said Norman, turning to look at Slater. “Give Vinnie a break will you? If he reckons this is worthwhile you could at least wait and see.”

Slater spread his arms in appeal.

“Okay, okay. I’m sorry. I was just hoping for a big breakthrough that’s all, but we seem to have a not very good porn film.”

“Ha!” exclaimed Vinnie triumphantly. “Well that’s where you’re wrong. This is no porn film, guy. And I’m tellin’ you it’s a blindin’ good film, made for a very specific purpose.”

He sat at his desk looking very smug. Then he realised that both Norman and Slater were looking at him in a strange way.

“Not that I know anythin’ about this type of film, of course. I’m just guessin’.”

He was clearly trying to look innocent, but Slater wasn’t fooled. Vinnie pressed play again and the video re-started. After another 10 minutes, Slater was none the wiser.

“It’s not exactly hardcore, is it?” he said. “No one would pay for this stuff.”

“That’s where you’re wrong, Dave,” said Norman. “There’s one person who might pay a small fortune for this particular video.”

Slater didn’t say anything. He was missing something obvious, but he couldn’t see it. Norman could see it, and that bloody annoying Vinnie could see it, but he couldn’t. It was Vinnie who decided to put him out of his misery.

“What if you was the geezer in the bed? What if someone told you afterwards that there was a video of you performing like a stallion wiv some chick that wasn’t your wife, and it was about to be featured on YouTube?”

“Of course!” exclaimed Slater, the penny dropping for him with a loud clang. “The guy in the video. This has been made to blackmail him.”

“It could well be,” agreed Norman. “And if that’s Ruth in the bed with him that would be one awfully powerful motive for getting rid of her. We need to find out who this guy is.”

“That’s a blonde,” said Slater. “Ruby had dark hair.”

“Ever heard of a thing called a wig?” asked Norman.

He turned to Vinnie.

“Can you get a good image of his face?”

“No problem,” said Vinnie. “Towards the end there’s so many shots of his face, this has to be a blackmail video. I’ve got a great one of the two faces together, all hot and steamy. And a beauty of him just as he’s spillin’ his beans, like.

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