The Kat and Mouse Murder Mysteries Box Set by Anita Waller

Author:Anita Waller [Waller, Anita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2019-11-03T22:00:00+00:00

The man with the dog dialled 999, explained where he was, and ran across the road. He dragged what he could see was a youngish chap from the wall and tried to get him away from the car. He didn’t like the look of the smoke.

By the time the ambulance arrived they found him sitting on the kerbside, his dog by his side, and a dead young man held in his arms.

‘Aye,’ he murmured, ‘he’s gone.’

2

Doris Lester looked around the cottage and smiled. Finally she had found the place she had been looking to buy ever since selling her home in Sheffield and moving in with her granddaughter, Mouse.

The death of Alice Small had seen this beautiful little cottage come onto the market and it seemed so simple; Alice’s will stated that it must be sold, the contents auctioned, and the profits split between cancer research and her church, St. Barnabas in Bradwell. Doris had been a cash buyer, and had said take it off the market and I’ll pay your asking price today. The executors of the will had agreed immediately.

And here she was, standing in her new lounge, the keys clutched in her hand.

‘Nan,’ Mouse called from the front door, ‘if I find the box with all the kettle stuff, will you put it on?’

‘I most certainly will.’ She took one more look around the lounge and headed towards the hallway. The items she had put into storage when she left Sheffield wouldn’t be arriving until the following day, but the bits and pieces she had been collecting were split between their three cars, and Kat and Mouse had said they would unload everything. She was to take it easy.

They had made her “take it easy” for several weeks after a fall that had caused some damage to her shoulder, and she couldn’t wait for the time when “take it easy” was no longer the order of the day.

She wandered upstairs. The front bedroom overlooked the village, and despite the rain, the view was spectacular. She understood why Alice had loved it so much. Doris stood at the window for a moment watching as Kat and Mouse collapsed into gales of laughter. She decided it might be better not to ask what had tickled them so much. The rain didn’t seem quite so torrential, and she felt grateful. Her cardboard boxes might get inside without being soaked through.

Going into the back bedroom gave her the most pleasure. This room was for Martha. She didn’t intend losing any of the pleasure she gained from looking after Kat’s six-month old baby. Martha would be able to stay over occasionally, and have her own room at Nanny Doris’s house for as long as she needed one.

Alice had used the room for her craftwork; Doris had seen it when she came to view the house, but everything in the cottage had been removed; the rare antiques, collectibles and beautiful items that Alice herself had made, sold under the terms of the will.

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