Beatrice Beecham's Cryptic Crypt
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‘As I have said to Mayor Codd, I am familiar with the heritage of this town,’ Frobisher said cordially.
‘Then you know Dorsal Finn was founded on tragedy?’ When Edna talked her head bobbed up and down. Given that she talked a lot, her head did a lot of bobbing, making her look like a small bird foraging for worms.
‘Indeed. The clipper, Charlotte Elizabeth, dashed on the rocks in 1806.’ Frobisher replied. ‘And the tragic death of the Pontefract heir, Julian, I believe?
‘Lured to its death by a false beacon,’ Edna said with a conspiratorial whisper. ‘For the sake of insurance money.’
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