Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 02 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 02

... along the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) mainline near the rail yards he could have been a transient who stumbled on them, did what he did and jumped the next freight train out of there. He could be in Calgary by now." Jeff shudders and says, "How can you talk about such things in such a calm professional way? I've heard enough for one night! I'll have nightmares whenever you have to work late, dear." Marlene agrees with Jeff but Mike goes on. "I find it fascinating. I often deal with people who commit fraudulent acts, usually because the opportunity comes up and they decide to take a chance and try to beat the insurance company. But this crime was planned; or at least Nina indicates that they think some deranged individual might have planned it. Maybe that's why I prefer to think of this as a crime of opportunity, the transient, rather than a crime of passion, the lover." Nina seizes the moment to say, "I agree. It's a fascinating scenario to try and puzzle out who and why. The act has been consummated, there's no going back. But why did they do it?” She nods,“I understand Mike's fascination. It may simply have been two lovers seeking new thrills and he could have gotten too rough, been afraid, especially if she said she would charge him with rape for the damage he did, and choked her to try and get her to say she wouldn't charge him. He could have just gone too far and killed her, then got scared and ran away.” She purses her lips, “But I think this crime has all the ...

... markings of a deranged sexual predator." She finishes her martini and passes the glass to Mike for a refill with a conspiratory grin. He pours her third over a small amount of maraschino juice and affixes a cherry to her swizzle stick. She rolls her eyes and takes a healthy slurp. Mike looks around and says, "Anyone else for a refill?" Marlene asks, "How about some munchies?" She pulls the chips and dip to the center of the table and passes around the tray of nibblers. Mike stubbornly comes back to Nina and asks, "Do you have any idea how old the victim was?" "She was only twenty three years old. I heard she was eighteen when she first got married and was in hospital within six months with a miscarriage. She said she fell down stairs but in the divorce she claimed her husband threw her down the stairs. She claimed she was beat up every time he went drinking, and that was often. She was granted a divorce on grounds of physical and mental cruelty, so I guess the judge believed her.” Nina adds, “You know that was only a couple of years ago. Since then she's been seen with a lot of men, including some of your co-workers. I'm surprised you've never seen her. I've even heard it said that she had sex for money occasionally. They're checking out that aspect of it as well. Maybe she was with a 'John'.” Nina pauses, “Then you ask yourself, but why in that particular spot? More likely it was someone she knew and trusted. Otherwise why would she go there?” She shrugs, “Who knowsh? It's quite a ...