Snowed In With Death by Ruby Loren

Author:Ruby Loren [Loren, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruby Loren

Lucky Number Seven

Old houses tended to have their fair share of junk. Holly knew it was time to brave the cellar and go in search of it.

Rob waited nervously in the living room, trying to pretend that Miranda wasn’t face-down on the floor. They’d both agreed it would be a pretty stupid idea for him to go into the cellar. Holly wasn’t convinced it was one of her most brilliant plans either, but Miranda and Emma had visited and returned unscathed. She could only hope that the same would be true for her… and that she’d be able to find something that fit the idea she had in her head.

A few tennis rackets and strips of twine later, they had what they needed - makeshift snowshoes.

“Nice work, Miss Blue Peter, but how does this help? Beyond giving the forensics a good laugh…” Rob asked, looking dubiously at his feet. They were standing in front of the sodden carpet, where the snowdrift Jack had let in had since melted.

“Jack went out in his combat boots, right? The mines were either buried during the storm, or maybe even before it. After all - the bad guy couldn’t bank on there being snow to keep us all here. It’s probable that they were laid right after we all arrived. So maybe they had to do it in the snow? I guess there’s also a chance it was done before all the snow and then - I don’t know - activated later? Is that a thing with landmines?” she asked and shuddered, half from cold, half from the thought that she may have already walked over a landmine that contained enough explosive to vaporise her. And she hadn’t known a thing about it.

“My bet would be that they did all of this long before we arrived. This killer doesn’t leave a lot to chance,” Rob concluded, still frowning at his tennis rackets.

“The theory of the shoes is that they’ll spread our weight. There’s a chance we may be light enough to not trigger the mines. It probably won’t work, but I just thought… every little helps,” Holly said, thinking more and more that this had been a stupid idea. Actually, the whole wanting to be a real detective and driving up to Scotland for this convention had been a stupid idea, but there was no time to dwell on that.

She had an appointment with death.

They crawled up the steep incline of snow, both holding their breath after every movement. Eventually, they were standing on top of the white stuff, looking at the crater where Jack had met his end.

“Ladies first?” Rob heroically suggested. Holly glared at him. They both stared at the red stain on the snow for a bit longer, before they furiously played rock, paper, scissors.

Holly won.

“Best of three?” Rob asked, but Holly crossed her arms.

The first few metres went fine. Holly’s theory about following in Jack’s footsteps held out, and it was only when they reached the spot where Jack had died that things went a bit pear-shaped.

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