The Fruit Gum Murders

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by Roger Silverwood


  ‘Well, what is it, then?’ he said.

  ‘It’s on the sideboard.’

  His face changed.

  He put down the beer and went into the sitting room. There was a long old sideboard against the wall as you walked in. At the near end was where the post, telephone messages and the like were usually to be found.

  There was a small brown cardboard box addressed to Mr and Mrs Angel, with a customs declaration label stuck on the top and down one side. The box flaps were open and straw was sticking out of the top. He looked inside it and saw something shiny, a dirty brown and dark green. He frowned. There was a card with it. He snatched up the card. It read:

  ‘Dear Mary and Michael – Knowing how much you loved the porcelain ornament, we got you another, so that you can put one each end of the mantleshelf. Back on Friday.

  Your loving neighbours,

  Ken and Libby Copley. XX’

  Angel ran his hand through his hair.

  By the same author

  In The Midst Of Life

  Choker

  The Man In The Pink Suit

  The Importance Of Being Honest

  Mantrap

  Salamander

  Sham

  The Umbrella Man

  The Man Who Couldn’t Lose

  The Curious Mind Of Inspector Angel

  Find The Lady

  The Wig Maker

  Murder In Bare Feet

  Wild About Harry

  The Cuckoo Clock Scam

  Shrine To Murder

  The Snuffbox Murders

  The Dog Collar Murders

  The Cheshire Cat Murders

  The Diamond Rosary Murders

  The Big Fiddle

  © Roger Silverwood

  First published in Great Britain 2014

  ISBN978 0 7198 1727 4 (epub)

  ISBN978 0 7198 1728 1 (mobi)

  ISBN978 0 7198 1729 8 (pdf)

  ISBN978 0 7198 1231 6 (print)

  Robert Hale Limited

  Clerkenwell House

  Clerkenwell Green

  London EC1R 0HT

  www.halebooks.com

  The right of Roger Silverwood to be identified as

  author of this work has been asserted by him

  in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and

  Patents Act 1988

 

 

 


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