A Deadly Restoration (Julia Blake Cozy Mystery Book 2)

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belongs to John Thomas the builder. He ran off with a couple of bones the
other day.”
    DI
Clarke shook his head. “I hope he hasn’t eaten them.”
    Stephen
looked at me. “How did you know it was me that killed Leo Kennedy? I didn’t
leave any evidence.”
    I
pointed to the buns that Stephen had been scoffing. “You left a couple of
little silver balls in Leo’s front room. They must have been stuck to your
clothing and then rolled off in his house.”
    “Kennedy
could have made those buns!” Stephen interrupted.
    “He
didn’t look the baking type. And besides, he didn’t have an oven. When I saw
the skeleton in the garden I knew it must have been you or your mum that killed
Leo, you’re the ones that would have a motive to do so.”
    “Mum!”
Stephen interrupted me again. “She’s too frail to kill anyone.”
    “You
should have seen her whack a woman in the supermarket the other day over a
piece of fish,” I said.
    “It
was a haddock,” Cora added.
    I
continued, “When I saw the little balls I knew it must have been you who
dropped them. Your mum doesn’t like those buns.”
    We
all looked at the buns.
    “Caught
by the balls.” Stephen gave a little smile.
    DI
Clarke stood up and read Stephen his rights. Cora clung onto her son.
    He
kissed the top of her head and said, “It’s okay, mum. I have to own up to what
I’ve done.  You can come and visit me in prison as often as you like.”
    Cora
started to cry as Stephen was taken away. I put my arm around her.
    “You’ll
probably see more of him when he’s in prison,” I said in what I hoped was a
reassuring manner. A thought crossed my mind that Cora might be charged with
concealing a murder, but I kept that to myself.
    Cora
wiped her tears away. “Will they let me take some baking in to him? I don’t
want him to starve. I’ve seen those programmes on the telly, they make
prisoners eat pig swill.”
    “I’m
not sure. But if they do I don’t think Stephen will want the silver ball topped
buns ever again.”
    Cora
shook her wrinkly fist at the buns. “Stupid buns! Why did I make them? If I
hadn’t Stephen would have got away with it!”
    “Would
you have wanted him to?” I asked.
    Cora
thought for a moment. “No, I wouldn’t. I’m still proud of him. He’s a better
man than his father ever was. I’ll throw these buns away. I can’t bear to look
at them. Unless you want them?”
    I
looked at the buns and shook my head. They would only make me think about the
murdered Leo Kennedy, and the restoration work that would never be completed.
     

About the author
    I’ve
always loved mystery stories and used to devour Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books
when I was young. When I got older I discovered Agatha Christie. Some of her
plots can be confusing but her characters are so vivid and full of life, apart
from the murdered ones of course. My favourite detective has to be Hercule
Poirot as I love the methodical way that he solves mysteries.
    I’ve
wanted to write murder mysteries for a long time - and now I have!
     
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buy Julia Blake’s first murder mystery story ‘Virtually Scared To Death’
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    To
see more of my work, and to connect with me, please visit :
     
    www.gillianlarkin.co.uk
     
    Best
wishes
    Gillian
     

A DEADLY RESTORATION
     

By
GILLIAN LARKIN
     

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Copyright
2013 by Gillian Larkin
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