Page 52 of A Village Theatre Murder

Musing on the investigation into Roger’s death, Julia realised she’d not heard anything more about the investigation into Graham’s death. As Hayley had said at the time, someone was responsible for that bullet being in that gun. Either deliberately, or by oversight, someone was responsible for Graham’s death. Had it been Roger?Despite what Walter had suggested about Roger’s death being connected to a case he was working on, Julia was sure of one thing – when another body turns up days after a murder, you could put money on the two deathsbeing connected. What did Graham and Roger have in common, other than Bethany? Well, the play, of course. Julia got the funny prickly feeling she so often experienced when her brain was busy working something out, to get to a realisation, or dredge up a piece of information, or when she intuited that something was wrong.

The play. They’d both been involved inA Night to Remember. Graham as an actor, and Roger as director. Could there be something about the play that had led to their deaths? The prickly feeling intensified, and with it came a feeling of dread. It had been agreed by the group that the play would no longer happen, and Tabitha had let the festival organisers know. But could the other actors still be in danger?

Julia still had the pad and the stubby little pencil in her hand. She tore off the sheet with the words ‘dog food’ on it, and started to write names on the sheet below.

Dylan

Gina

Graham

Nicky

Oscar

Guy

It wasn’t a long list. What about the other people involved? The ones who weren’t actors? She left a space and wrote:

Hector

Roger

She thought for a minute, and added, feeling queasy at the thought: