Death in the Peerless Pool (2014)
“For so far several interesting facts had emerged. Not only had Toby told a barefaced lie when questioned, but also a track had been discovered by the gate behind Mr Kemp’s manor house. The indentation formed by a single wheel made it appear that a wheelbarrow had come along the path from the fields and gone through the gate and into the grounds. There, unfortunately, the marks vanished into the shrubbery, though no abandoned wheelbarrow had been found.
The Blind Beak, listening to the report of his Runners, had ordered that all the barrows used in maintaining the Peerless Pool gardens be searched and, sure enough, one of them, when the grass it contained had been tipped out, bore indications of dark brown stains. John had examined them, his quizzing glass to his eye.
‘Blood, I’m sure of it.’ ‘So it would appear that this is the way Hannah was brought in.’ Joe Jago had spoken. ‘It seems more and more likely that someone working within these grounds assisted the killer.’ The Magistrate ...had stroked his chin.MoreLess
The Blind Beak, listening to the report of his Runners, had ordered that all the barrows used in maintaining the Peerless Pool gardens be searched and, sure enough, one of them, when the grass it contained had been tipped out, bore indications of dark brown stains. John had examined them, his quizzing glass to his eye.
‘Blood, I’m sure of it.’ ‘So it would appear that this is the way Hannah was brought in.’ Joe Jago had spoken. ‘It seems more and more likely that someone working within these grounds assisted the killer.’ The Magistrate ...had stroked his chin.MoreLess
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