Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #2 by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: mystery, alfred hitchcock mystery magazine, sherlock, sherlock holmes, ellery queen mystery magazine
ISBN: 9781434448569
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2012-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

“So rather than kill you to keep you quiet, they’re locking you up until the deal is over?”

“That’s it, yes. I assume, since you also seem to know quite a bit about what’s going on, that they’re keeping you here for the same reason.”

“What’s to stop us from contacting the Secret Service once we’re loose?”

“They don’t care. The payment for the secret is substantial. Grant and his wretched father intend to take the money and flee England, settling in some obscure little European country like Ruritania or Graustark.”

“We’re going to have to make sure they don’t get the chance to—”

The oaken door of their cell made a rattling, groaning noise, then creaked open. “Well, what a pleasant surprise to see you once again, Miss Barr.” Lily Hope, a handsome woman in her forties, wearing a floor-length, lowcut, ebony gown, entered the dim cell.

“Myself, I’m not surprised,” said Jennie. “Though I thought you’d be trying to steal Overman’s invention, rather that working with him.”

“If you don’t mind, dear, I have something to say to Miss Trelawney,” the singer/spy said, a trifle impatiently.

Not replying, Jennie made a slight bow in her direction.

Lily, who was sporting a fairly believable red wig, said, “There’s been a change in plans. My clients are arriving tonight instead.”

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