The Cold Hand of Malice
“It wasn’t a steep slope, but the long grass was wet and slippery underfoot, the results of a shower during the night, and some of the ladies in their open-toed and high-heeled shoes didn’t look too happy as they followed the casket to the graveside.There was quite a large gathering around the grave. Simon Holbrook and his late wife’s sister, Susan Chase, stood next to the vicar, and slightly behind them and to one side stood Trevor and Moira Ballantyne. Beside them were several people who seeme...d to be more or less on their own, possibly friends or distant relatives. Tim Bryce was there as well. He had placed himself at a respectful distance from his uncle, but in such a way that Simon Holbrook was bound to see him there.At the bottom end of the open grave, facing the vicar, was another small group, some of whom Tregalles was able to identify as members of the badminton club, headed by Bernard Fiske, while on the side opposite Holbrook, completing the circle, were what must have been almost the entire staff of Holbrook Micro-Engineering Laboratories, led by Peggy Goodwin.But there was one man who stood a little apart from the rest as if not quite sure which group, if any, he should join.MoreLess
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