Instruments of Night by Thomas H. Cook

Author:Thomas H. Cook
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Psychological, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, General
ISBN: 9780307573551
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-10-27T10:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

It was the same middle-aged woman he’d so often encountered before who directed Graves to Greta Klein’s room.

“It’s time you learned my name,” the woman said as Graves approached her. “Mrs. Alice Powers.” She smiled. “I hear you’re working on a history of Riverwood.”

“Well, not exactly a history,” Graves said. “A murder.”

Her features stiffened. “You mean of that girl? Back in the forties?”

Graves nodded. “Greta Klein was here then.”

Mrs. Powers’ features remained taut. “And Mr. Saunders. They sometimes sit together and talk about the old days.”

Graves saw them together, two old servants, sharing memories. Perhaps harboring secrets he had yet to unearth. “Would I be disturbing Miss Klein if I looked in on her now?”

Mrs. Powers shrugged. “I couldn’t say. She’s not real social.” A small crack seemed to open in the wall of her guardedness. “She just talks to Mr. Saunders. About the old days, like I said. When Riverwood was—” She stopped, clearly looking for the right word to describe what Riverwood had once been. “Happy.”

“Before the murder, you mean?”

Mrs. Powers hesitated. “No. I mean before Mr. and Mrs. Davies stopped getting along.” She glanced about, then lowered her voice. “I heard it was something to do with a man.” She stiffened suddenly. “You’d be better off talking to Miss Klein about things that went back that far, though,” she added hastily, now concerned that she’d overstepped her bounds. “Upstairs. Last door on the right. That’s where you’ll find her.”

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