No Past Forgiven by Valerie Keogh

Author:Valerie Keogh [Keogh, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books - crime, thriller and mystery
Published: 2020-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Back in their room, he checked the time. It was almost seven. He’d have to phone Andrews at home.

‘Peter, hi, it’s Mike.’

‘Mike, I wondered when you’d ring. Mother Morrison filled me in; he said you might be in touch. Honestly, trust you. You go to one of the most remote places in Ireland, and still find a dead body.’

West smiled, relieved that Andrews already knew the facts of the case, if not the truth. ‘I didn’t actually find a dead body,’ he said. ‘You make it sound as though I go out looking for them.’

‘Hmmm,’ Andrews replied. ‘Well, go on, tell me all about it.’

West gave him a quick run-down of events including the details of the lamprey eels.

‘Eels,’ Andrews said, his voice an equal mix of fascination and revulsion. ‘Well, that’s a new one. It’s definitely murder then?’

West grunted an affirmative. ‘There’s a fine cast of potential suspects too. I’ve done preliminary interviews, and I think they’re all lying to some degree. Whether it has any bearing on the case, I don’t know. But I need you to do some digging for me; internet access here is a bit erratic.’ He read the list of names, spelling out Blacque’s.

Andrews repeated them back. ‘Okay, I’ll see what we can find out and get back to you as soon as we have anything.’ They chatted for a few minutes more before West hung up.

He grinned over at Edel. ‘Peter says hello. He doesn’t think much of our romantic break away.’

She laughed. ‘Well, it’s an unusual one, I’ll give you that.’

West’s eyes went soft.

She held her hands up. ‘I know that look,’ she said. ‘Forget it, I’m starving.’

West reached for her, pulled her close and buried his nose in her hair. ‘You smell so good. Okay,’ he said, putting her at an arm’s length, ‘dinner.’

She looked down at the jeans and shirt she was wearing. ‘Is it okay to go like this, d’y’think or should I change?’

West let his gaze linger on her curves. ‘You look delicious.’

As it happened, they were the only ones in the dining room that evening, the other guests having left. Relieved to be spared conversation about seals or owls, they sat and relaxed. Dinner was, once again, amazing and they chatted about this and that as they ate the delicious food and drank superb wine. It wasn’t until coffee was served that the conversation circled back to the day’s events.

‘It’s going to take longer than you hoped, isn’t it?’ Edel asked, reaching a hand out for his.

He held it and let out a gusty sigh. ‘A tragic accident, Morrison said. Well, by all accounts, it appears to have been neither tragic nor an accident. Yes, I’m afraid it’s going to take a lot longer.’

‘What’s the next step in the investigation?’

He hesitated a moment, reluctant to turn their evening into an examination of the day’s goings-on. But she looked interested, not bored or irritated, so he humoured her. ‘The victim appears to have been an extremely dislikeable chap. Roger Tilsdale seems to be the only person who had any time for him.

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