Richard Jury #22: The Black Cat by Martha Grimes

Author:Martha Grimes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
Published: 2010-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

“What do you think of that heel business? Just her passion for shoes?”

“That’s a great deal of money tied up in that collection. Eighty pairs, I counted. Say between five hundred, a thousand a pair, you’re looking at around sixty thousand.”

Jury smiled. “You counted them. I thought you were just admiring them.”

“Don’t be daft. This”—he pointed to his head, presumably the brain—“is always ticking over. Where to next?” Wiggins tested the acceleration by gunning the motor and then releasing the pedal.

“The Rexroth house. The people who threw the party. It’s not far. It’s on this road just a short distance past the pub.”

As they pulled away from the curb, Wiggins said, “Speaking of shoes . . .”

Jury rolled his eyes. Were they again?

“I must say, I’ve a friend who’d look smashing in that sequined number.”

Jury wasn’t aware Wiggins had a “friend,” much less a friend who’d look smashing in sequins.

Wiggins went on: “A DS doesn’t make that kind of money.”

“No. But his wife’s family apparently has that kind.”

“Oh.” Wiggins frowned and drove on.

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