Who Killed the Mince Spy? by Matthew Redford

Author:Matthew Redford [Matthew Redford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781911525165
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Published: 2016-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

8

MI GasMark5

Now that the prunes with the runes had left the building, Wortel and his team were able to rearrange their office and get started with the murder investigation.

“What do you think they meant by asking what flowers I liked?” asked Dorothy, as she and Wortel picked up the final out of place desk and carried back across the office floor.

“No idea,” replied Wortel. “I wouldn’t worry about it too much.”

Oranges and Lemons were both looking at the same computer screen, staring intently at the message which kept appearing.

“Do it again Oranges,” urged Lemons, as his fruit officer partner became more agitated at the computer.

Oranges began tapping at his keyboard before throwing his arms up in the air once more. Dorothy sensed Wortel’s anxiety and intimated that she would go and see what they were up to. As she walked across to them, Chief Superintendent Archibald came limping back into the office.

Wortel smiled at his boss and deciding against mentioning the prunes with the runes.

“How is Mrs Archibald?” asked Wortel through his ridiculous sense of duty rather than any actual care in the world.

“Oh, very busy Wortel, very busy indeed. There was a television appeal recently for knitting clubs all over the country to start ‘knitting one, pearling one’, to help the poor livestock who get very cold at Christmas time. Well, Mrs A was on it like a flash and as Christmas approaches Wortel, I’m so proud to say Mrs A has made sure those pigs are in blankets this year.”

Wortel forced a smile onto his face which Chief Superintendent Archibald took as him being mightily impressed with Mrs A’s efforts.

“Boss,” called out Dorothy, who now had the same look on her face as Oranges and Lemons.

‘Oh crikey,’ thought Wortel. ‘Please don’t say she is catching their stupid gene’.

“What’s wrong Dorothy?”

“You need to see this. The boys were processing the driving license we found at the crime scene and we’ve hit an access denied message. We don’t have sufficient security.”

“What?!” exclaimed Wortel.

“Ah, I can help out with that actually,” interjected Archibald. “In fact, that’s what I am doing back in the office. You tried to process that before the session with the prunes didn’t you?”

Oranges and Lemons nodded.

“Well, when I got back to my office I had an urgent call from the Food Sapiens Secret Service, MI GasMark5. It seems that our dead body is a secret agent and a Mince Spy to boot. The head of MI GasMark5 is coming across personally to meet us. He sounded rather peeved and he wants the body back.”

“Now steady on,” said Wortel. “This is our crime scene.”

Archibald held up a hand which caused Wortel to stop mid-rant.

“Wortel, Wortel, Wortel. MI GasMark5 outranks us. We haven’t a chance of stopping them taking over if that is what they want to do.”

“So we just give up then?” said Dorothy despondently.

“I never said that at all,” replied Archibald, a devilish smile developing on his face.

Dorothy and Wortel looked at each other. They had never seen Archibald like this before.

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