BRUTAL PURSUIT: a richly-woven murder mystery, full of twists (DI Tanya Miller investigates Book 3) by Diane M Dickson

Author:Diane M Dickson [Dickson, Diane M]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling British crime fiction publisher
Published: 2019-05-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38

The team was winding down by the time Tanya and Paul Harris arrived at the office. Jamie Mulholland was still missing, enquiries among his friends had led to nothing, and there was still no answer from his phone.

Tanya spent some time peering at the video, stopping and starting it, trying to zoom in to an image that was blurred and indistinct. “I can see what you mean,” she told Kate. “But it’s so unclear.” She shook her head.

“Okay, tomorrow I’ll have a word with the DCI, maybe we should get a warrant and search his place. It’s odd that he’s gone missing right now. We have to wait until tomorrow for confirmation about Peter Baker, but on the surface, it looks as though the horror simply became too much for him. But let’s not jump to conclusions about that.”

“How do you mean, boss?” Kate asked.

“Not sure, there was just something that seemed strange. I need to think about it. Mull it over. Let’s keep an open mind. Where’s DI Finch?”

“He left early, ma’am.”

“Did he say why, Kate?”

The other woman looked uncomfortable and it was Sue Harris who spoke out. “He said he might just as well go and get an early night because there wasn’t much for him to do.”

Tanya caught the glimpse of something in the dark eyes of the younger officer. Devilment of some sort, a declaration of allegiance? He should have let her know that he was intending to slope off early, at least as a courtesy. He was the same rank now, but she was SIO; she would have to bring him back into line. Her heart sank at the thought of the confrontation. She really didn’t need it.

* * *

Sitting in her living room later, a glass of wine on the table beside her laptop, she paused for thought. The house was quiet around her, the cleaner had been in again and there was a smell of polish and detergent. For the first time since Charlie had moved in all those weeks ago the house truly felt like her own space again. No Charlie, no Serena.

The silence was broken by the chime of her phone. She tutted but then, when she saw Charlie’s ID, she smiled.

“Can you talk?” he asked.

“Yes, I’m at home. Just going over things, filling in my occurrence book. We had another death today. Looks like suicide but…”

“But?”

“Oh, I don’t know, there something in the back of my mind that just keeps niggling at me.”

“Well, stick with it, Tanya. Your instincts have not let you down before. Remember that handbag.” He referred to a piece of evidence that had been a breakthrough and vital clue in Tanya’s first major case. “Your gut has served you well in the past.”

“Yeah. Anyway, what’s happening?”

“I wanted to let you know about Jamie Mulholland. I’ve sent a copy of his records through, but I thought I’d give you a quick rundown. It’s not much really.”

“Oh, you found something then?”

“Yes, having his NI number made it easy.

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