A Necessary End by Peter Robinson

Author:Peter Robinson [Robinson, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

It could be a phone number, of course. There were still plenty of four-digit numbers in the Swainsdale area. On impulse, Banks got out of bed and went downstairs. It was after eleven, but he decided to try anyway. He dialled 1139 and heard a phone ring at the other end. It went on for a long time. He was just about to give up when a woman answered, “Hello. Rossghyll Guest House, bed and breakfast.” The voice was polite but strained.

Banks introduced himself and some of the woman’s politeness faded when it became clear that he wasn’t a potential customer. “Do you know what time it is?” she said. “Couldn’t this have waited till morning? Do you know what time I have to get up?”

“It’s important.” Banks gave a description of Paul Boyd and asked if she’d seen him.

“I wouldn’t have that kind of person staying here,” the woman answered angrily.

“What kind of place do you think this is? This is a decent house.” And with that she hung up on him.

Banks trudged back up to bed. He’d have to send a man over, of course, just to be sure, but it didn’t seem a likely bet. And if it was a phone number outside the local area, it could be almost anywhere. With the dialling code missing, there was no way of telling.

Banks lay awake a while longer, then he finally drifted off to sleep and dreamed of Burgess humble in defeat.

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