Scaring Crows (2012)
“Joanna watched him shuffle out before turning to Mike. ‘So what do you think?’ ‘He could have shot them both before starting his milk round, murdered or abducted Ruthie Summers.’ ‘But why, for goodness sake?’ Mike shrugged. ‘Hostile family, reluctant girlfriend? I mean Ruthie was never going to leave Jack behind, was she?’ Joanna glanced down at the photograph in her hand. ‘I can’t believe that she would have condoned her lover slaughtering her father and brother before setting off into the sun...set with him.’ ‘No?’ He watched her with rising impatience. ‘You’re judging her whole personality on the strength of a picture. What if she wasn’t sensitive or caring? What if she was a nasty piece of work who argued with her father and brother one morning and blasted the pair of them with an available shotgun? After all she would have been the one who would have known it was there, whether it was loaded or not. And plenty of people have seen her fire it.’ Joanna still felt compelled to fight Ruthie’s corner.MoreLess
Read book Scaring Crows for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
9 / 10
User Reviews: