Murder at an English Pub: A completely gripping and addictive cozy mystery (Sarah Vane Mysteries Book 1) by Alice Castle

Author:Alice Castle [Castle, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2024-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

Sarah slept badly, realising halfway through the night that, if Charles and Francesca Diggory were no longer suspects, as they’d been on a cozy holiday together during the crucial time when the newspaper (and Gus) found their way into the trunk in February, then Bill Turbot was probably now the most likely suspect.

She’d heard from multiple sources that Bill had been banned from the Jolly Roger by Gus, whose sense of humour disguised a hair-trigger temper. Bill was the type of man whose swagger and predatory ways with the ladies hid a fragile sense of self-esteem. She’d seen this for herself when he’d made a beeline for her in the pub, and then swerved away at a moment’s notice and gone to sulk in a corner when knocked off course. He would, surely, have been furious that Gus had publicly humiliated him by throwing him out of his favourite bar. Revenge could easily have been the next logical step.

There was also the fact that so many of Sarah’s suspects had now fallen by the wayside. The Mermaids were out, as they hadn’t used the hut during the period in question. The Tai Chi group had been having a break. The Crazy Gang were not crazy at all in person.

No, there was only one outstanding candidate for the job of Merstairs murderer – and it was Bill Turbot.

Having come to this conclusion in the early hours, Sarah couldn’t get back to sleep. Her next problem was what to do about her hunch. Eventually, she decided she would tackle the scoutmaster in the Jolly Roger, as he seemed to spend large portions of his day there. She’d take her phone, ask him some pertinent questions, record the answers and play it all back for Mariella.

Then she wondered if she should just confide her suspicions directly to Mariella instead. Would Mariella take her seriously, though? She’d told her mother she didn’t want amateurs meddling – and Sarah had nothing more than a hunch to go on.

No, her best bet was to confront Bill, and to do that, she had to wait for official opening time at the pub. But, by the time she’d come to this conclusion, Sarah was wide awake.

At 6 a.m., after tossing and turning for what felt like hours, she gave up the attempt to go back to sleep. There was nothing for it but to get up and out. Hopefully a good long walk would help clear her mind, get ready for the ordeal ahead – and give her time to concoct some clever questions.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.