Superfluous Women (39 page)
Authors: Carola Dunn
“Ah.”
“In any other place, I'm sure nothing would have come of it beyond a bit of name-calling. Whether she was really in a hurry or just being obnoxious, we'll never know.”
“She might have been in a hurry,” Daisy proposed, “because she wanted to evade Vaughn and avoid a row about not giving him her address. Whatever he believed, I'm sure he wasn't part of her plans for the future, not with Sir George Gantry waiting for her in St. Tropez.”
“We'll never know,” Alec repeated.
“One more question, darling. Did you ever find the cellar key? That's what brought usâyouâinto the investigation in the first place.”
“Yes. All the house keys, including the cellar key, were in Mrs. Gray's handbag.”
“Ah. If Mrs. H. had thrown them out and kept her mouth shut, she might have got away with a charge of theft.”
“She's keeping her mouth shut now, when it's too late. One question is still bothering me, one she can't or won't answer: Why Mrs. Gray went down to the cellar in the first place. It was empty.”
“I can guess,” said Mrs. Tring. “It's like me checking to make sure the gas is out on the kitchen stove before I go round the shops. She was about to leave the house forever, and she went down to make sure everything was as it should be. I expect she went all over the rest of the house, too.”
“Could be,” Alec agreed, smiling. “That hadn't dawned on me. As DI Underwood remarked, we could do with more detecting ladies on the force.”
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CAROLA DUNN
is the author of many previous mysteries featuring Daisy Dalrymple, including
Death at Wentwater Court
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Heirs of the Body
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CONTENTS
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
SUPERFLUOUS WOMEN.
Copyright © 2015 by Carola Dunn. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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ISBN 978-1-250-04704-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-4741-5 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781466847415
First Edition: June 2015