Chapter Fourteen
Local Publican Found Dead in Stanton Broad!
—Front page headline from the BroadSheet
Thelonious couldn’t believe how quickly the time had passed since he’d arrived in Norfolk. He was already reaching the end of his assignment; he wasn’t sure how much longer he could drag things out before he’d go over budget. His publisher hadn’t exactly given him carte blanche to remain at a B&B indefinitely. He would need to sort out some proper accommodations soon or else he’d end up homeless. Perhaps it hadn’t been such a brilliant idea to give up his London flat, but every time Thelonious was behind the wheel of his Mini zipping along a country lane with the wind in his fur and the wide-open Norfolk sky above, he knew he could never live in the capital again. With any luck, that ch
