If Annie, the nursery maid, wasn’t the worst kind of gossip, she might have left the children with her for a while, but Annie was the kind of girl who wouldn’t believe there could be such a thing as a perfectly innocent meeting between a governess and a young working man. At least it was a fine d...
‘Think about it. Two men who both disappeared unexpectedly. Somebody collected Pattridge’s belongings a few days after he left, though they didn’t bother to take them all.’ He gestured at the bag that occupied another of the Cosy Nook Tearoom’s chairs. ‘And somebody who didn’t know which clothes ...