An Old Debt (An Inspector Petersen Mystery Book 1) by Doriana Cantoni

Author:Doriana Cantoni [Cantoni, Doriana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Inspector Petersen was completely alone in the Torslunde police precinct. He looked around with a relieved gaze, as he was finally able to call the Copenhagen police station without being heard by anyone. He picked up the old grey telephone on Toft's desk, amidst several files and notes of various kinds, and dialed the number by heart asking for detective Janssen.

Søren arrived exhausted on the other side of the line after a couple of minutes.

"I just got back from the hospital, Inspector," he said in a frantic voice.

"What did you find out?"

"In fact, almost nothing, but I had to question everyone on duty to be sure. As for Jan Slovak, the intensive care patient, no one asked about him neither to the nurses in the ward nor even calling the hospital information bureau, which on these things is always accurate. There is still a possibility that some of them might have talked to a stranger, not thinking of doing any harm, and now they prefer to keep quiet, but it did not seem to me. Anyway, it's another story about Ingrid Skov, because a nurse who was on duty in the ward when the girl first arrived remembers having received a phone call from a man. He was asking for news about her."

"Who was he?"

"She says he introduced himself as a police officer, even if she doesn't remember if he told her his name."

"This is interesting. How did the voice sound to her?"

"That of a man, not a boy, it was the only thing she was sure of, but apart from that detail she didn't know anything else relevant to the investigation. She doesn't even think she'd recognize the voice, with all the phone calls she gets."

"Look, the situation is not good here. Do you have an off-road vehicle?" Peterson asked and started drumming with his fingers on the desk.

"I could borrow it from my brother," said the man, suddenly on alert.

"Then be ready to join us. You need to know that the local sergeant might be involved, so far I haven't been able to talk to him or see him. He called the precinct when I wasn't there, and he said that he had to run to the bedside of his brother who had an accident on the coast. Instead, I still don't know what to think of the two other cops, but they stink too."

"Are you serious, Chief?"

"Unfortunately, yes, and I assure you that it is not pleasant to stay in a place and not know where to turn, but it’s better if we discuss it in person. Now I'm talking to Nielsen. He has to send me our colleagues of the forensic team as soon as possible to search the house of Pastor Knudsen. Yesterday they forgot to do it."

"What do I do? Can I leave now?"

"Søren, I need you here, but I need you to assure me that if you come you will not give the torment to Poulsen. That's all I'm asking."

"It's a closed chapter for me, Inspector.

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