Murder is Easy (1939)
“Church, Amy Gibbs’s aunt, was definitely an unpleasant woman. Her sharp nose, shifty eyes, and her voluble tongue all alike filled Luke with nausea.
He adopted a curt manner with her and found it unexpectedly successful.
“What you’ve got to do,” he told her, “is to answer my questions to the best of your ability. If you hold back anything or tamper with the truth the consequences may be extremely serious to you.”
“Yes, sir. I see. I’m sure I’m only too willing to tell you anything I can. I’ve n...ever been mixed up with the police—”
“And you don’t want to be,” finished Luke. “Well, if you do as I’ve told you there won’t be any question of that. I want to know all about your late niece—who her friends were—what money she had—anything she said that might be out of the way. We’ll start with her friends. Who were they?”
Mrs. Church leered at him slyly out of the corner of an unpleasant eye.
“You’ll be meaning gentlemen, sir?”
“Had she any girl friends?”MoreLess
He adopted a curt manner with her and found it unexpectedly successful.
“What you’ve got to do,” he told her, “is to answer my questions to the best of your ability. If you hold back anything or tamper with the truth the consequences may be extremely serious to you.”
“Yes, sir. I see. I’m sure I’m only too willing to tell you anything I can. I’ve n...ever been mixed up with the police—”
“And you don’t want to be,” finished Luke. “Well, if you do as I’ve told you there won’t be any question of that. I want to know all about your late niece—who her friends were—what money she had—anything she said that might be out of the way. We’ll start with her friends. Who were they?”
Mrs. Church leered at him slyly out of the corner of an unpleasant eye.
“You’ll be meaning gentlemen, sir?”
“Had she any girl friends?”MoreLess
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