A Restless Evil (2011)
“‘Wind’s getting up again,’ he observed.
Meredith peered through the windscreen. The tips of the trees surrounding the churchyard bent and swayed. The inn sign of the Fitzroy Arms rocked agitatedly on unoiled hinges. It carried a faded heraldic representation, the most distinguishing feature of which was a small animal of vague species, apparently a rodent. It seemed particularly apt. Norman the landlord had been standing in his doorway, alone and palely loitering, but identifying Markby’s car, ...he scurried back indoors.
Meredith said, ‘Doesn’t he look like something you find when you turn over a stone?’ Markby grinned. ‘Between the police and one of the village women, the mother of his latest dalliance, Norman’s got good reason to keep his head down. I’ll drop you here and go on to the farm. Tell Ruth I shouldn’t be long.’ He glanced past her towards the church. ‘Why do you want to go in there before you see Ruth?’ ‘It’s just something I feel I have to do.MoreLess
Meredith peered through the windscreen. The tips of the trees surrounding the churchyard bent and swayed. The inn sign of the Fitzroy Arms rocked agitatedly on unoiled hinges. It carried a faded heraldic representation, the most distinguishing feature of which was a small animal of vague species, apparently a rodent. It seemed particularly apt. Norman the landlord had been standing in his doorway, alone and palely loitering, but identifying Markby’s car, ...he scurried back indoors.
Meredith said, ‘Doesn’t he look like something you find when you turn over a stone?’ Markby grinned. ‘Between the police and one of the village women, the mother of his latest dalliance, Norman’s got good reason to keep his head down. I’ll drop you here and go on to the farm. Tell Ruth I shouldn’t be long.’ He glanced past her towards the church. ‘Why do you want to go in there before you see Ruth?’ ‘It’s just something I feel I have to do.MoreLess
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