T Kinsey - Death Around the Bend (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 3)

‘Thank you, my lady.’

‘Means a lot to Sir Hector. Done him proud.’

‘I’m glad I could help,’ I said. ‘Any time you need a racing driver, I’m at your service.’

‘Might hold you to that, m’girl,’ she said. ‘But not till next year. Poor old Bert needs a rest from all the work Hector’s been making him do on that blessed go-cart.’

‘They both did a marvellous job,’ said Lady Hardcastle. ‘Perhaps it’s time for you to indulge one of your own interests now, though, eh?’

‘Already in hand, m’dear,’ said Lady Farley-Stroud. ‘And you’re an essential part of it.’

‘I am? How splendid.’

‘You are,’ said the older lady. ‘I’ve managed to get one of those travelling picture shows to come to the village in a few weeks. We’d like to see some of your work. You can show off your moving pictures to a real promoter. It could be your big break.’

‘Gosh,’ said Lady Hardcastle. ‘I’ll have to see if I can get anything finished in time.’

‘That’s the spirit,’ said Lady Farley-Stroud. ‘Now come along, you two, I think there’s some sort of prize ceremony over by the church.’

Sir Hector beamed with pride as Reverend Bland handed me the tiny trophy that the two old friends competed for every year.

‘You earned that, m’dear,’ he said as he shook me by the hand. ‘Think we might have to retire that little trophy and let you keep it. Couldn’t have won it without you.’

‘Thank you, Sir Hector,’ I said. ‘But this doesn’t mean the end of the go-kart racing, I hope.’

‘The end, m’dear? I should say not. Already workin’ on designs for next year. You’ll drive for me again?’

‘Of course,’ I said. ‘I’ve got a taste for it now.’

About the Author

T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. Death Around the Bend is the third in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle.

You can follow him on Twitter – @tekinsey – and also find him on Facebook: www.facebook.com/tekinsey.