Free Gavin's Death (Cara Daniels Cozy Mystery Book 4) by Gillian Larkin Page A

wry smile. “Once I got over my disbelief of angels, and people
having souls, I must admit that I’ve enjoyed helping people.”
    Gran
tutted. “You haven’t just helped people! You’ve prevented them from committing
murder, you saved their souls from shrivelling into almost nothing! Don’t be so
flippant, you’re doing an extremely important job!”
    Cara’s
cheeks warmed up. She pressed her lips together and gave Gran a small nod.
There were many worries she had about this soul saving business, the biggest
one was that she wouldn’t get to the right person in time before they committed
a murder.
    Robin
appeared at Cara’s shoulder and gave Gran a friendly wave.
    Gran
smiled at him. “You must be Robin, I’ve heard how well you’re doing too. I like
your image, young and fashionable.”
    “Thank
you, Abigail. Is it okay to call you Abigail? It’s a pleasure to meet you,
you’re a legend amongst us angels. Everyone wants to work with you. No one will
ever be as good as you at saving souls.”
    Cara
gave him a look which he completely ignored.
    Gran
chuckled and waved a hand at him. “That’s kind of you to say. I’m having a
break at the moment, a break that was forced on me by my latest angel! I’m glad
he did though, dealing with people and their murderous thoughts can take it out
of you! Which reminds me, Cara, you must make use of the gadgets and products
that I have in my house. They will help you.”
    Cara
said, “I can’t face going there, Gran. I miss you too much.”
    Gran
moved closer to the screen. “You must use my house, treat it as your own. In
fact, why don’t you give up your lease on that apartment and move in full-time?”
    “But
won’t you be back soon?” Cara asked.
    Gran
sighed. “I’m not sure when I’ll be back. I’m relying on you to continue with
the soul saving jobs. I can see the doubt in your eyes. Try not to have doubts,
Cara, a doubt can cost you a soul.” Gran glanced over her shoulder. She looked
back at Cara and said, “I have to go, I’ve entered the limbo competition. Go
and save a soul!”
    Robin
said, “She’ll do her best, Abigail!”
    Gran
disappeared from the screen before Cara could ask her any more questions.
Cara’s heart felt heavy in her chest. She looked at Robin. “I miss her so much.
I’ll never be as good as Gran at saving souls.”
    Robin’s
look softened. “What did your gran say about doubts? Now, are we going to stop
Gavin Bennett from being murdered?”
    Cara
gave him a wobbly smile and said, “I’ll try.”

 

 
    Chapter
2

 
    A
short while later Cara parked across the road from Wright’s Estate Agents.
    Robin
was sitting in the passenger seat. He said, “I’ve seen consumer programmes
about estate agents. Why do people hate them so much?”
    Cara
shrugged. “I suppose some people have had bad dealings with them. The estate
agent that we … I used was okay. The sale went through quickly. Should we go
into the building?”
    Robin
went on, “On the programme there was an estate agent who tricked people into
selling their home at a ridiculously low price so that he could make money
quickly. That’s not fair, is it? And he made some houses sound better than what
they were, again tricking people.” Robin shook his head. “I don’t like humans
when they behave like that.”
    Cara
gave him a small smile. “Are you sure you want me to save the life of Gavin
Bennett? We could just drive away.”
    Robin
looked shocked. “We can’t do that!” He paused and looked closer at her face. He
wagged a finger. “Ah, another joke. You should work on your jokes, Cara,
they’re not as funny as you seem to think they are.”
    Cara
reached under the driver’s seat and pulled out a small briefcase. “Time for
Gran’s gadgets.” She opened the case and took out a small pair of binoculars.
She then placed a small box on the dashboard and aimed it towards the estate
agent’s window. “Let’s see what sort of a man Gavin Bennett