Shadows of Death (2013)
“I hoped we hadn’t left it too long. Someone else’s house … But he’d been good; he was frantic, though, so Alan slipped on his leash. ‘I’ll walk up to the museum, just to make sure it’s open in Norquist’s absence.’ He was back before I had a chance to rest my aching back. ‘No luck, I’m afraid. It’s locked up tight. Saturday hours are supposed to be ten to five, and there’s no note on the door, nothing. Just a securely locked door and no lights on.’ ‘Then he has been fired, after all.’ ‘But you’d think someone would have posted a notice.’ ‘You would, wouldn’t you? Alan, I think we have to check this out. It’s probably of no importance, but it’s a peculiar thing, and with a recent murder, peculiar things take on a certain significance.’ ‘Agreed. I’ll phone Fairweather. Perhaps we could take a drive in to Kirkwall.’ We weren’t thinking clearly, either of us. I listened to Alan’s end of the conversation.
‘Ah, yes, Alan Nesbitt here.
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