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

Author:HELEN H. DURRANT [DURRANT, HELEN H.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Day 5

“Anything on Tony Rouse?” The question was met with blank looks and shaking heads. Greco sighed. He and Grace had arrived back late the night before. He’d come in early and updated the incident board with what they’d learned in Brighton. He’d also written a short report for them. The least Greco expected was for the team to meet him halfway.

“He’s holed up somewhere, waiting for things to quieten down, bet my life on it,” Speedy said eventually.

Greco’s reply was terse. “That doesn’t take an investigative mastermind to work out, given he’s used his mobile locally recently. Joel, dig into his personal life. Is there anyone he might go to? A relative or friend?”

Greco looked at Speedy. “I’m surprised I have had to prompt you on that one. He’s a reporter. Rouse is chasing a story he thinks is big. He isn’t just going to abandon it. He’ll be somewhere close. He’ll want to keep an eye on what’s going on. The chances are that someone is feeding him information.”

“We could try the Crompton angle again, sir,” Grace offered. “His wife has had a few days since her husband was killed. She might have remembered something. Who else Rouse worked with, for example.”

Grace might have something.

“We’ll go and talk to her shortly,” Greco decided.

Joel looked up from his screen. “I had another look at that bus queue, sir. The blokes we saw were all wearing overalls. They’re standard issue from Henshaw Bros.”

“That’s where Michelle works!” Speedy said.

“I went round there and spoke to them,” Joel continued. “I showed them the image of the car, the one the Knifeman got into. The warehouse works around the clock. One of the shifts finishes at eleven, and one bloke remembers it. He knew the driver, and they acknowledged each other. He doesn’t recall who got into the passenger seat, just that someone did.”

“Go on then, don’t keep us in suspense,” Speedy joked. “Who was the driver?”

“Joe Tanner.”

“The driver? Slicer’s man?” Leah shook her head. “The lying . . .”

Greco looked at her. “He’s hardly going to admit to anything, is he? Problem is, that by itself doesn’t get us anywhere.”

“It does confirm what my informant told me though, that the Knifeman was working for Shaw.”

“Did this bloke see the car go into the multistorey?”

“Yes he did, sir.”

“We should speak to Shaw again.” Leah sounded annoyed.

Greco shook his head. “I doubt that will do any good. The man will swear he’d no idea what his driver was up to that night. We can’t prove he put him up to it.”

“That club of his. Tonight. And no excuses.” Leah looked at Speedy.

Greco turned to Leah. “That isn’t such a good idea. He’s already seen both you and Speedy once this week. He’ll be on his guard. I’ll go. Grace, you can come with me.” He saw her smile. She was at it again. In her book, this was a night out, another opportunity to get under his skin. “Speedy, go round to Henshaw Bros again.

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