Whales and a Watery Grave_Mystery by Ruby Loren

Author:Ruby Loren [Loren, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-10T05:00:00+00:00

7

Dead and Gone

After I told Katya my name and occupation, which she already knew, she looked thoughtful and then frowned at something on the iPad she was holding, after making a few decided typing motions.

“I need to have a word with you in private, Ma’am. Immigration don’t seem to have any record of you coming through here to work…” she said, annoyingly accurately.

“I’d be happy to help,” I said and followed her far away from the crowd, round a corner, and then behind an aquarium full of stingrays, which had a ‘staff only’ sign written across it.

“I’d say we’re out of earshot,” I muttered, already annoyed. The Secret Service had that effect on me these days. “What are you doing here? I thought we were finished.”

Katya looked hurt. “We’re supposed to be friends, aren’t we?”

“Well, I thought we were. But now you’re turning up out of the blue in Mallorca? What did you do, trace the call?” I asked, remembering how she’d phoned and asked if I could sign the comic books for her niece and cousin.

“Yes,” she admitted. “You suddenly disappeared from the country without notice right after a huge case falls apart because someone told the bad guys we were onto them. You fill in the gaps.”

It was so wrong I almost felt like laughing. “Auryn and I were trying to get away for a holiday before the new zoo opens and we get tied down for a while. We were supposed to be having a nice time, although Auryn decided to mix pleasure with business and organised a meet up with his buddy who’s head keeper here. We came for the meeting and it turns out the head keeper wanted us around to…” I thought about it. Why had Nile pushed us towards the documentary team? “…I think he might have wanted us to be his spies, or perhaps argue the park’s side of things. He’s worried that some of their conservation efforts might be misrepresented.” I sighed. “I came here today to do a stupid interview with one of the wildlife TV presenters, Ben Ravenwood, and instead I find a dead body.” I bit my lip. Katya’s sudden appearance and apparent suspicions were making me sound way too callous. “I’m just concerned that Auryn and I will be dragged into this investigation.” I ran a hand through my styled hair, probably ruining it. “We just wanted a holiday.” It felt like a tired old mantra now.

“You’re definitely not meeting up with anyone from your old publishing company and taking a big payoff?” Katya looked a lot happier than when she’d first turned up at the scene of the crime.

“No, of course not!” I said and then stopped. “Oh. Oh no…”

“What?”

“There is someone from the publishing company here. He was working as a merchandise seller, but he claimed he turned up on the morning after the bust and found the company gone. He’s been looking for a job since then and just happened to get one working as a reproduction actor for the documentary they’re filming.

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