FAREWELL, MY CUCKOO an absolutely gripping British cozy murder mystery (Birds of a Feather Mysteries Book 4) by MARTY WINGATE

Author:MARTY WINGATE [WINGATE, MARTY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books cozy mysteries and crime
Published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

“And here I was thinking he was just a bloke in your village, you know?” Pammy’s voice was full of awe, as the three of us walked back to the cottage. “But instead, he’s a murder victim, and I might have been the last person to see him alive when I stopped to ask if he knew where you lived.” She shook her head sorrowfully. “He’d never heard of you, Julia.”

At the Royal Oak, Tess had expertly extracted all of Pammy’s information, and instructed her to appear at the Sudbury station the following morning to read and sign her statement.

“Mmmm.” Pammy had twisted her mouth one way, then another. “The thing is, Tess, tomorrow isn’t good for me. I’ve got plans. Not that this isn’t important, but well, you know how it is — a previous commitment.” She cast a quick glance at her brother, missing the hard stare the DI gave her.

“Right,” Tess had conceded, “Thursday morning at the latest.”

Tess had left before we ordered our meals, and I had accompanied her out to her motorbike to continue speculating about Guy’s motive for killing Bob.

But if Guy did it,” I had said, “it was in a fit of anger, an accident. He just didn’t think it through.” Tess had replied that was the case with most murderers and then added that motive was all well and good, but without opportunity the enquiry wouldn’t get far, and that she would be back to Guy Pockett about his whereabouts during the window of the murder.

Now, walking back to the cottage, Pammy continued hashing over her story. “Helen said he’d been into her shop, this Bob. He bought a quarter each of humbugs and kola kubes. I’ve never liked humbugs. Do you remember Granddad loved them, Michael?”

Tess had put the fear of God into Pammy about spreading her story round the village or improvising on what had actually happened when she met Bob. With relish, Pammy swore to tell only the truth and promised she wouldn’t breathe a word to anyone. Apparently, she didn’t consider the vow applicable to the three of us on our own.

“Must’ve been a terrible shock for Willow,” Pammy said, shaking her head. “To think he’d been lying there for days — can’t have been a pretty sight.”

With all of Pammy’s knowledge about the case coming from everyone except Michael and me, I had feared she would be resentful. Surprisingly, she had not minded.

“Well, why would you say anything?” she asked. “I’m sure you’d rather downplay it. After all” — she pulled a face — “it isn’t as if it’s the first time you’ve had such goings-on round here.”

Thanks, I needed that reminder.

“Do you think I’ve broken the case?” Pammy said with a grin. “I mean, no one else said what I told the inspector, isn’t that right?”

I’d give her that — Pammy had provided a piece of information that made even the DI sit up and take notice. When asked to tell Tess everything she could remember about her encounter with Bob, Pammy had done herself proud.

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