DEATH IN A SKIP a gripping British crime mystery full of twists by FORD P.F

Author:FORD, P.F.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JOFFE BOOKS crime thrillers and mysteries
Published: 2024-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

‘So what’s the big deal?’ asked Slater, as he climbed into Norman’s car a couple of hours later.

‘Jane’s come up with something already. It was brilliant,’ said Norman, a huge grin on his face. ‘I’d barely finished telling her all about the case and what we were looking for. She just did a Google search and up it came. I would never have found it so easily. I would have been searching for Stan Coulter, but not Jane. She went straight in for Stanley Coulter, and up it came.’

Slater had to give Norman ten out of ten for enthusiasm, and he was obviously delighted for Jane, but he had yet to reveal anything about where they were going — or why.

‘Up what came?’ he asked patiently.

‘Heston Park,’ said Norman.

‘What’s Heston Park?’ asked Slater.

‘It’s a private hospital and nursing home,’ said Norman.

Slater waited, and waited.

‘How about you give me a little more?’ he suggested. ‘Like why this place is relevant? Or where is it? Maybe I can start to get as excited as you obviously are if I can understand why we need to be flying straight over there.’

‘Oh, right,’ said Norman. ‘Sorry, I got a bit carried away. I think it was seeing Jane looking all business-like again after all this time.’

Slater looked across at him. ‘Are you sure you two are just friends?’

Norman blushed what Slater thought was a nicely incriminating shade of crimson, but he kept his eyes glued to the road and didn’t so much as glance at his passenger.

‘I’m just pleased for her, that’s all,’ he said, quietly. ‘I mean, if you’d seen how low she was, you’d understand what a big step this is.’

Yeah, right, thought Slater, cynically, but he chose not to push the matter any further.

‘So what did she find?’ he asked.

‘At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking our Stanley might have turned into something of a philanthropist,’ explained Norman, ‘because, according to the internet, he’s been donating a lot of money to Heston Park.’

‘That’s good of him,’ said Slater, ‘but people like him aren’t naturally charitable, so what’s the real reason?’

‘When you start to dig around, it turns out his son, Terry, is a patient.’

Like a dog that had just heard its quarry in the distance, Slater’s ears suddenly seemed to tune Norman in so well he heard nothing but his colleague’s voice.

‘Now I’m interested,’ he said. ‘Would this be the younger son? The one we think is long-term sick?’

‘You got it in one,’ said Norman.

‘Does it say what’s wrong with him?’

‘Nope. We’re going to have to find that out, but they do terminal care at this place, so I’m thinking it’s nothing minor.’

‘Do you really think it needs two of us to find that out?’

‘I dunno,’ admitted Norman, looking inordinately pleased with himself, ‘but that’s not the only reason I thought we should go down there.’

‘So, what else did Jane find?’ asked Slater, patiently playing the game.

‘There was a photograph that will really interest you. It seems Coulter

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