Unrelated Incidents by Cecilia Peartree

Author:Cecilia Peartree
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, dogs, cats, scotland, quirky, cozy, pitkirtly

Norman groaned and stirred restlessly a couple of times. The doctor arrived with oxygen and a blanket, and made a call that he said he hoped would speed up the ambulance.

‘But once you get stuck in traffic, it can be near enough impossible,’ he warned them.

Amaryllis got to her feet to give her knees a rest, and Keith joined her as the doctor carried out some basic checks. A miniature crowd had gathered on the opposite pavement by now, and inevitably Amaryllis recognised Dave and Jemima among their number. Jemima gave a little wave, while Dave tried to pretend he wasn’t there, which was a difficult thing for someone with his large presence to do.

The police reinforcements appeared soon after the ambulance. The police were allowed to speak to Norman for a few minutes once he had been checked over again by the paramedics and loaded into the vehicle.

Keith told Amaryllis in a quiet aside that Norman had also thought it was a man driving the dark car, but he wasn’t saying any more about the car itself or about any enemies he might have made recently.

‘I wonder where his sidekick is today,’ she said. ‘I’ve never seen them separately. They’re always together.’

‘Do you have a name for the sidekick?’

‘Sandy,’ she said apologetically. ‘We haven’t been formally introduced yet. It was first names only.’

‘That’s a pity.’

Keith called one of the uniformed officers over and asked him to try and find out more about Norman and Sandy, such as, Amaryllis assumed, whether either or both of them had a criminal record. She wouldn’t have been surprised if they did, although the jury was still out on whether they had been engaged in criminal activity in and around Pitkirtly.

‘While you’re here,’ she said to Keith, trying to sound casual, ‘I don’t suppose you’ve heard anything about Rosie’s whereabouts. Or what Inspector Armstrong’s doing these days?’

He gave her a look. ‘You know I can’t comment on any live cases.’

‘So you think Rosie’s disappearance and Inspector Armstrong’s activities are connected with a live case, do you?’

He laughed. ‘No comment.’

‘We could’ve reported Rosie officially missing by now, if we’d ever found the police station open,’ grumbled Amaryllis.

‘Go ahead,’ said Keith. ‘You can do it online now if you want. Or call it in. But Mrs Ramsay isn’t going to be pleased if it turns out she isn’t missing at all but hiding out somewhere for her own reasons.’

‘What if the reasons have something to do with a case?’ said Amaryllis.

‘Then of course we’d want to interview her,’ said Keith.

‘But you’d have to find her first.’

He hesitated before replying, perhaps fearful of some sort of trick on her part.

‘I suppose we would.’

‘Why don’t you start looking now, then?’

‘There’s no evidence to suggest she’s involved in anything,’ said Keith in exasperation.

‘Of course there isn’t, because you haven’t looked for any.’

To Keith’s evident relief, he was called away at that moment, first by a phone call and then by a query from one of the other officers.

Amaryllis had

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