The Murder Suite: Book One - The Audrey Murders

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Author: Leonie Mateer
years and was born in Kaeo - came from a farming family and spent many years milking cows and tending chickens.  Her retirement to the little house on the corner was all she ever wanted.  Tonight she was sitting with other locals enjoying the local gossip.
    They looked up as the local constable from Kaeo walked in.  He was out of uniform apparently taking the night off.  He looked a little shy and reserved.  A few of the local farmers nodded at him and the constable walked over to greet them.   Pearl was dying to meet him.  He was such a good -looking man. She had heard his wife and boys were going to move into the police house this week.   She was pleased for him. He must be missing his family and this is not really a young town.
    She looked over at the door and saw the lady from The Three Suites entering.  She knew her name was Audrey and kept pretty much to herself.  She didn’t appear to have any friends around here and had been living there for a few years now.  Pearl had heard the local men talking about her “More money, than sense” they would say.  Everyone wondered where she got her money. They heard she had lived in America for some time and they knew her family was not from around here.   She had a reputation of being a hard worker and, in most people’s eyes, that was a compliment. 
    “Too many lazies living off the dole around here,” the farmers would moan.  
    She watched as the lady chose an empty table and then went to the bar and ordered a drink.   She returned and sat quietly sipping her wine and looking at the door.  Was she waiting for someone? Pearl wondered with curiosity.  I wonder whom?
    The men in bar were watching sport on a big screen TV hung high in the corner of the bar.   They were cheering and cursing.  Pearl didn’t watch much sport and had no idea what game they were watching.   Dinner was served in the big room attached to the bar. There were glass doors leading out onto a patio looking out across the docks on the harbor.  Big fishing boats were anchored for the night.  Dozens of private boats were docked neatly in rows.  The last of the day’s weary fishermen were carrying heavy chilly bins down the dock towards their trucks.  
    The restaurant was crowded both inside and out. It was a good night for the cooks who rented the space and who really only made a profit on the Special Roast Dinner nights.
    Pearl saw him enter through the main bar door.  He was a balding man in his late fifties. Nicely dressed in pressed jeans and jacket. Must be from the big city, she thought.  He went up to the bar and walked away with a beer.  He looked around and headed for the restaurant.
      She watched as Audrey waved to him. So that is whom she is waiting for, Pearl thought.  I wonder if he is a guest at her chalets or if he is her boyfriend?   She got her answer pretty quickly when she saw how awkwardly they greeted each other. A guest, thought Pearl. Has to be. And went back to listening to the local gossip and enjoying her meal. 
    She couldn’t help but keep an eye on the strange couple during the evening.   She couldn’t quite make out what vibe she was getting from Audrey. The man obviously was ready for anything.  He had a red face as if he was quite a drinker - but also a gentleman, always standing when Audrey stood and held her chair for her.  Real city manners.  She wished the locals treated a lady that well. 
    The average age in the restaurant must have been fifty-five. It would have been sixty-five but there were a few younger couples, obviously boaties, who had stopped off for a meal.  A few kids ran around outside.  It was a nice area with an adjoining green park and park benches strategically positioned so one could sit and look out over the harbor.
    It was a leisurely five-minute walk down the windy, one-way gravel road to the pier.  The road stopped at the big house at the end with a sign “private road” preventing further
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