Cleeves, Ann - Shetland Island 07 - Cold Earth by Cleeves Ann

Author:Cleeves, Ann [Cleeves, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781447278238
Amazon: B01LXQR9US
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2017-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

In the car Perez spoke to Sandy Wilson, who’d been on his way to show Rogerson’s photo to the assistant in the Brae Co-op. ‘Even more reason to do it now,’ Perez said.

‘You don’t need me in Ravenswick?’

‘Not yet.’ He paused. ‘When you’ve finished in Brae, go to see Simon Agnew. He’s the chap that set up Befriending Shetland, the counselling service in Lerwick. See if Alison Teal means more to him than Sandy Sechrest. It still seems a weird thing for the woman to do – turn up at the project’s office and then change her mind and wander away again after only a brief conversation. Maybe Agnew had met Alison before, in a professional capacity; she certainly had a troubled childhood.’ Perez remembered Fran’s description of Agnew. He’s just fun, Jimmy. But he’s done such valuable work with families and young people. For a moment Perez had hated the man he’d barely met. A second of pure jealousy. Because he himself would never be described as fun, and he hadn’t been sure that Fran considered his work had any value at all.

At the other end of the phone Sandy coughed, to show he was waiting for further instructions, and Perez continued, ‘Can you get Morag to tell Mavis Rogerson that her man’s dead? No details. Just unexpected death. And see if Mavis knew that Tom was back from Orkney. We need to check if he ever went, of course.’ Another pause. ‘Did you tell Willow what was going on?’

‘Yes. She said she’d stay in the office. Awaiting instructions.’

Perez could imagine her saying that. She’d have a laugh in her voice, mocking him for taking charge again. ‘I’ll speak to her now. I think it might be a good plan for her to come here to talk to the Hay family. I’m too close. We’re neighbours, and it would be useful to get another perspective on them. Two bodies in Ravenswick, both within a good stone’s throw of the Hays’ house. I can’t see that as just a coincidence.’

He got out of the car to take his mug back to the kitchen and in the porch bumped into Andy, who was stooping to put on a pair of Converse sneakers. The boy was tall and seemed pipe-cleaner-thin in skinny black jeans and black sweater.

‘Are you going to work?’

‘No, I’ve got a day off.’ The boy paused. ‘I was coming out to see you. Mum said I should talk to you. About something that happened with Mr Rogerson.’

‘Had you seen him recently? On your land?’

‘No.’

Perez looked at his watch. In a quarter of an hour the kids in the Ravenswick school would be queuing up for their lunch in the dining room that doubled as school hall and gym. When the bell went, he wanted to be there to talk to Kathryn. ‘It can wait then. Another officer will be here soon to talk to you all. You can explain to her what happened with Rogerson.’

The boy nodded and disappeared back into the kitchen.

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