Candles and Roses (DI Alec McKay Book 1) by Alex Walters

Author:Alex Walters [Walters, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2016-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

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McKay began with a call directly through to the rector of Fortrose Academy, who fortunately was around and available, and explained the reasons for his call. He had little faith in the integrity of his fellow man, but he reasoned that, of all people, the rector of a local academy was unlikely to blab to the local media or anyone else. Particularly in this case when, as he’d stressed, the priority was to identify the next of kin.

The rector understood and instructed his secretary to help DI McKay obtain whatever information he needed. McKay asked for anything they had on one Joanne Cameron who would have left the school perhaps ten to fifteen years earlier. The next stage took slightly longer because the records pre-dated the school’s current IT system. But within fifteen minutes the secretary had phoned back with the information requested.

‘There you go,’ McKay said to Horton. ‘That’s how to do it.’

‘Yes, Alec. I do know how to use a phone. What have you got?’

‘Last known address of Joanne Cameron’s parents. Well, parent. Father was divorced. Interesting that he had custody. No details on the mother. Lived in Avoch.’

‘We’re sure this is the right Joanne Cameron?’

‘Seems likely. She left the Academy twelve years ago. That would make her late twenties.’

‘And if her father’s no longer there?’

‘May not be. But we’ve got some details. Thomas Cameron. Work contact details given as the BMW dealers in Inverness. Mechanic of some kind. If we get no joy in Avoch, at least we’ve some leads to follow up.’ He rubbed his hands. ‘It’s a start, anyway. I’m heading on up to Avoch, then. Want to come?’

‘Why not? I’m not making much progress here.’

The two of them were already heading out when DC Mary Graham poked her head around the door. ‘Thought you’d want to know,’ she said. ‘We’ve just had some news.’

‘I’m not sure how much excitement I can take in one day,’ McKay said.

‘Looks like we’ve identified the third victim.’

‘Already?’ Horton said. They were becoming accustomed to the glacial progress on this case to date. She’d almost forgotten this wasn’t the norm. In most cases, you had everything you needed very quickly, often within the designated first ‘golden hours’ after the crime had been committed.

‘She already had a record. Shoplifting in her late teens. Two months in prison. Name was Rhona Young. Last known address in Cromarty.’

‘Funnily enough, we were just heading up to the Black Isle,’ McKay said. ‘Where all roads seem to be leading.’

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