Suddenly While Gardening (Pollard & Toye Investigations Book 10) by Elizabeth Lemarchand

Author:Elizabeth Lemarchand [Lemarchand, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2019-03-18T22:00:00+00:00

By teatime the various finds from the well-shaft had been handed over to the pathologist who had examined the skeleton, and Boyce and Strickland had departed for London. Over cups of tea Pollard gave Toye details of his conversation with Kate Ling.

‘As far as Geoffrey Ling and Peter Grant go,’ he said, ‘we’ll let things simmer for the next twenty-four hours. I’ve got a hunch that there’ll be developments, anyway where Ling’s concerned. In the meantime there are a couple of leads worth following up. One’s finding out who was living in Upway Manor at the beginning of April last year. On the face of it the most likely person to have spotted Grant cleaning his car that night would be someone in the house. His sister, for instance, although it’s difficult to imagine what motive she could have for getting him convicted for murder or manslaughter. Not money: Hemsworthy said they each got about £40,000 and a half-share in the house from the aunt last year. Young Grant’s taking Kate Ling to a dance tonight; and incidentally, if he’s expecting a pleasant evening, he’s got another think coming. She may be besotted about him, but she’s a forceful and forthright young woman. I’ll go along to Upway Manor and register surprise that he isn’t at home. With any luck it’ll lead to a cosy chat with Davina Grant to renew old acquaintance: I think it’s better for me to go alone. Less official, and easier to pump her. You take a break and go to the flicks if there’s anything on you can sit through.’

Toye was doubtful, but said he would shop around. He asked Pollard what other lead he had in mind.

‘We’ve got to put in some more work on picking up our bloke’s trail after the Hawkinses lost sight of him on the cliffs. We can take it as read now that he left Starbarrow Farm as a skeleton sometime during last weekend. What we’ve got to find out is when and how he got there, either alive and kicking, or as a corpse. You remember this George Akerman who goes around vetting the antiquities on Cattesmoor? Well, there’s just the chance that he may have spotted a hippy type sleeping rough during the week after Easter. Worth asking him, anyway. But we’ll leave him till tomorrow. I want to concentrate on Davina Grant tonight.’

After they had written up their notes Toye went off to investigate the programmes of Stoneham’s cinemas. Pollard sat on for a time meditating, occasionally referring to the file. In spite of the progress made during the day he still had the frustrating feeling of merely skating about on the surface of his case. What, he asked himself, was behind the anonymous attempts to cast suspicion on Peter Grant? Were they being made by the killer of the hippy, who must in that case also have it in for Grant? Or was Grant the killer himself, and the author of the phonecall and

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