DARK ANGEL a gripping crime thriller full of twists by HELEN H. DURRANT

Author:HELEN H. DURRANT [DURRANT, HELEN H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2018-01-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Superintendent McCabe collared Greco on his return to the station. “You’ve been stepping on toes, Stephen. Not your usual style.”

After his conversation with Leah, Greco knew what McCabe was on about — the drug squad visit. “Can’t be helped, sir. We need to know a lot more about Ava Whitton. Sorting this case depends on it. Right now, I’d like to know what is behind this stolen purse — if that’s what did happen. We need a lot more information about Greysons too. That firm she works for is suspect. Their lorries are going through the port of Dover to Calais and back constantly. They have been searched, the business premises have been searched, but nothing has been found. Our colleagues in the drug squad need to stop harassing us, or share what they’ve got.”

“I don’t know a lot more than you do. But your investigation has got the drug squad twitchy. Whether it’s Ava Whitton they’re after or the folk she works with, we’ll have to see. She is involved with some ruthless people, Stephen.”

“The problem is, sir, we don’t know the first thing about these ‘ruthless’ people. However, she has agreed to a forensic search of her house.” Greco checked his watch. “In fact, it should be going ahead as we speak.”

“That won’t please Chambers. His parting shot to DI Wells was to forget her.”

“We both know that is not going to happen. Ava Whitton is in this up to her neck. The drug squad is not alone in knowing that she is key to the importation of heroin, and God knows what else.”

“Tread carefully, Stephen. If you need any help with access to anything, let me know. I can’t promise, but I’ll do my best.”

While they spoke, Greco spotted Speedy lurking further down the corridor.

He followed Greco into the incident room. “I think I know why Ava Whitton took the heroin to her house, sir. It had to be a spur of the moment thing. They had Customs and Excise round at Greysons. They descended without warning. If the stuff was in one of the lorries, she would have had to move it urgently.”

“You think she simply took it home? Taking a bit of a risk, wasn’t she? Plus, if she was just able to get her hands on it at the drop of a hat, why was it so difficult for customs at Dover to find?” Greco tapped a pencil on the desktop, thinking. “If the stuff was still in one of the lorries at Greysons, how is it moved on from there?”

“I take your point, sir,” Speedy said. “But what is even more interesting is that Riley and Holt chose that very day to carry out the robbery. Not by chance, I think. Someone at Greysons has to have known those lads, and told them. But who?”

“Ring and get a list of employees,” Greco told him. “They could have employed anyone. They were about to take on Craig Riley, remember.”

“Do we know in what capacity?”

“Well, he couldn’t drive a lorry.

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