Ian calls Chris and Donna to come handle the situation. Several of the Thursday Murder Club members, along with Bernard and others, take up posts in front of the gates as a form of protest. The residents get woken up early one morning when Ian has sent workers to begin the demolition of the Garden of Eternal Rest. At this point, Jason shows up, and Chris asks the ex-boxer outside for a fan photo, under the ruse of asking him why he would be in the photo left at the scene of the crime however, before he leaves, he hits on Donna by giving her his number and asking her to text him the photo she took of Chris and him. When Chris and Donna come to visit, Elizabeth gives them the blue folder consisting of Ian’s financial records.
Joyce gets closer with a character Bernard, a widower who spends most of his time at the top of the hill near the cemetery, a place he had fond memories of with his late wife. Ian made over £12.25 million from the death of Tony. Joyce and Elizabeth meet with Joyce’s daughter Joanna to look over Ian’s financial records to see what kind of shape his companies were in, and it turns out that they are all doing very well. Father Matthew leaves after promising to make it as difficult as possible for Ian to go ahead with his plans. While this all going on, Father Matthew has gone to visit Ian to ask him to reconsider moving the graves of the nuns, but the man refuses. Ibrahim suggests that Donna be put on the case to make the residents feel more comfortable, and Chris agrees. Meanwhile, Ibrahim and Ron trick one of Donna’s superior officers, Chris, into thinking that Ron is going senile in his old age, and he acts afraid of the police when Chris comes to interview him. Elizabeth tells Donna that if she agrees to let them in on some information, that she will make sure Donna gets put onto the team covering Tony’s murder.
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Once inside, PC Donna De Freitas comes to speak to them, which was Elizabeth’s plan. Joyce and Elizabeth take the Coopers Chase shuttle bus into town, where Elizabeth pretends that her bag has been stolen, but she will only speak to a female officer to give the report. Later that day, Tony is murdered, and a photograph of three men is left next to the body: Tony, Ron’s son Jason, and a man named Bobby.Įlizabeth visits her friend Penny often, with Penny’s husband John sitting quietly in the room, always there with his wife she goes over the details of the cases, not sure if her friend can hear her, but she always makes sure to go and give her updates throughout the story.
Ron and his son Jason, along with Joyce, are witness to Tony and Ian having what looks like a disagreement in the parking lot. He wants to cut Tony, his business partner, out of the deal, and does so within the first few chapters when sitting outside.
Ian is going ahead with the construction anyway. The issue brings to town people who want to defend the land, such as Father Matthew. There is tension at Coopers Chase over the new development being planned by Ian Ventham, which will involve the demolition of the Garden of Eternal Rest, the cemetery attached to the Church. During this interaction, Joyce is invited to become part of The Thursday Murder Club hosted in the Jigsaw Room with Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim there was once another member, the group’s co-founder, Penny however, she is ill and in a coma in Coopers Chase’s on-site hospital, Willows. The story opens with Joyce’s diary entry, in which she is discussing an old murder case with Elizabeth.
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