Libby Sarjeant Mysteries - 10 - Murder by Magic by Lesley Cookman
Author:Lesley Cookman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 1908192046
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-one
Libby was silent from sheer surprise.
âDrugs? What drugs? The only drug in this case so far is the suxamethonium chloride,â she said when she found her voice.
âNo, the drugs that are being run up the river to Felling.â
Libby was silent again for a long moment.
âHow do you know about that?â she said eventually.
âWell, arenât they?â
âI heard gossip,â said Libby unwillingly. âSomeone said the police were watching the Felling harbour side. Or dock side â no. Quay. Thatâs it. But apparently the riverâs too narrow and shallow to bring anything up to Felling. Anyway, I heard it was illegal immigrants, not drugs.â
âI donât know about that, but drugs are coming into Felling and being distributed at the Oak. Under cover of one of those awful Satanist meetings.â
âThat was a pretty big moment,â said Libby. âWhen did it come to you?â
âWhen I read the piece in the paper. You know how it is, it was just there in my mind as a fact, like I know that Guyâs in the shop at the moment and Sophieâs out with Adam.â
âHave you told Ian?â
âNo. How will he take it? Youâve spoken to him, havenât you?â
Libby told her about yesterdayâs visit to St Aldeberge and Ian appearing in the pub last night.
âAnd Harry was saying he bet it didnât stay under wraps for long, and this morning, there it was in the papers. Iâd better call Patti and see how sheâs getting on.â
âSwamped with bloody reporters, I should think. Listen.â Fran sounded brisk. âIf sheâs got any sense sheâll have taken the phone off the hook, so Iâll drive over there and try and get in to see her. Iâm nearer than you are.â
âOK. Call me when you can.â
Drugs? Illegal immigrants? Libby shook her head. It was all getting far too complicated. It was time to try and get life back into perspective. Which probably meant learning lines.
It was while dozing in front of the fire later in the afternoon with her script open on her lap that the phone rang.
âItâs me,â said Fran. âWe were right. Ghastly reporters and cameramen, including Campbell. I fobbed him off, and luckily the police were there to keep most of them off the vicarage doorstep.â
âWhich was the aspect they seemed most interested in?â
âOh, the witchcraft, naturally. I hate to think what the gutter press are going to cook up.â
âAnd nothing about illegal immigrants or drugs?â
âThat aspect hasnât come under consideration yet, has it?â said Fran. âThatâs merely speculation on someoneâs part and my bloody mind.â
âI think,â said Libby, âthat Ian may have people looking into the drugs connection because of the sux. Someone must have got hold of it illegally â itâs not available outside operating theatres, is it?â
âI expect he has. We must remember weâre not privy to an entire investigation. We only ever know the bottom-line human part, and not always that, either.â
âBut in this case, at least weâve supplied him with helpful gossip.â
âI hope it doesnât upset the applecart, though,â said Fran. âPatti was worried about her flock being upset.
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