Lewis, Roy - The Eric Ward Mysteries: Thriller Box Set by Lewis Roy

Author:Lewis, Roy [Lewis, Roy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books mystery and crime box set
Published: 2020-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Eric had been left with vague feelings of dissatisfaction after the interview with Lansley. The man had always been regarded as a smooth business operator, and Eric now felt that he recognized, personally, the other side of the man’s character — charm and an easy manipulation of others. The hints the fat man had dangled in front of Eric had been frustrating, but more to the point, Eric had been left with the feeling that he was being used. He had tried to explain it to Eddie Stevens, when they met later that week.

‘What I can’t quite put my finger on is why Lansley is behaving the way he is. I get the impression that he’s sitting there safely in the south of France, watching, listening, taking no active part in what is, or has been, going on, and yet in some odd way, he’s pulling strings, making people dance to his tunes, working us all like the conventional puppets, but in a theatre of his choosing.’

He had said the same thing to Anne, but she had thought his imaginings fanciful. ‘After all,’ she said, ‘you’ve got more or less what you wanted from him. He’s agreed to tell the Board of Sheridan to back off on the appeal — and I’ve already heard, incidentally, that they want another meeting with our representatives soon, to negotiate, as they put it. So your trips to Marseilles haven’t been wasted, it looks as though our investment is safe and we’ll win the battle against Sheridan Enterprises, Inc. and it seems to me that it doesn’t matter a damn whether Lansley has some nefarious reasons of his own for being so helpful to us.’

But it did matter to Eric. He didn’t like the prickly, uneasy feeling that somewhere he was missing something, that Lansley was manipulating him for reasons he did not understand, and that all that had happened was somehow part of a wider, more dubious canvas. But it was not a matter he could talk out with Anne, for if he did so it would mean discussing with her the death of Charles Crane and that was something he knew might cause tensions to arise between them. Anne was still touchy about the reappearance of Sandra in his life; she felt he was wrong to help his ex-wife, and there was no reason why he should pursue the professional relationship with her. And in a sense she was right. His objective now should be merely to undertake the paperwork necessary for her to make the insurance claim with regard to her dead husband. He had that in hand. The insurance company would not prove difficult once the inquest formalities had been completed. Thereafter, Sandra could collect her money and run, establish her new life with her boyfriend, and there was no necessity for Eric to ever see her again.

And no necessity to get involved with any investigations into the death of Charles Crane.

Nevertheless, something disturbed him, a slow dragging at the

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