Rough Justice In Academia (The Ralph Chalmers Mysteries Book 2) by P.J. Thurbin

Author:P.J. Thurbin [Thurbin, P.J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2013-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

With a bottle of Pierre Roget champagne safely stowed beside him, Ralph eased the Jaguar onto the Esher by-pass. He was on time for a 7.30 supper date with Peter and Marcia. The car responded as he accelerated to way over the official speed limit. Something inside him wanted to go on a wild daredevil ride that night. He had often found that driving fast was a way of releasing any feelings of tension and stress. But tonight an evening in the company of his friends, a good meal, and a glass or two of champagne would be a perfect antidote to a crazy week. He was soon relaxing in front of a crackling log fire armed with a pre-dinner gin and tonic. Marcia was busy putting the finishing touches to a roast duck. The two friends relaxed as the smells from the kitchen mixed with those of the oak logs burning in the grate.

“Well Peter, you missed all the action by being away this week.”

Ralph had hardly started to update his friend on what had happened at the college before he was interrupted.

“Crikey, I must have been the last one to see Rainton before he was attacked,” Peter exclaimed as he called out to Marcia to join them.

“You’ve got to hear this Marcia. Seems that when I was in college collecting my music scores for our trip, you remember I told you about seeing this chap who had been a student years ago? He was involved in that cheating incident that Jack Royston resigned over. Well Ralph just told me that the poor bugger was attacked not minutes after I spoke to him. It seems the Russian mafia might have been after his hide.”

Marcia sat down on the arm of the sofa and looked at Peter.

“This isn’t some sort of weird joke or wind up that you two have cooked up? I might be just a simple cook, but I’m not gaga just yet.” She laughed. Ralph cut in.

“No it’s no joke. I wish it were. Sir George Rainton was the guest speaker at the conference and he was attacked in the car park outside Kenry House. The police are questioning everybody who was on the Gypsy Hill site at the time. I spent 2 hours being grilled by Inspector Linham only yesterday. Peter will have to get on to Linham first thing and they will probably want him to go down to the station to make a statement about seeing Rainton that morning.” Peter not easily interrupted when in full flow continued his story.

“I’ll certainly do that. This is what happened. I was in my office collecting the scripts that I needed to take to the Wells Cathedral School. You know I’m the external examiner for the boys studying music at the Cathedral, so I was preparing which music to take down there with me. We stay at the White Hart hotel every year. It’s a sort of annual trip for us both. Makes a welcome break from dealing with all those reluctant students at the college”.

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