Dark is the Day (Inspector Jim Carruthers Book 4) by Tana Collins

Author:Tana Collins [Collins, Tana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2019-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

‘Helen, can you get this sent to the lab for me? And analysed as fast as possible?’ Carruthers handed over the bag containing the cigarette butt to Helen Lennox that Mairi had found at her home. He was convinced the results would be a match for Campbell’s DNA if only they could get a copy of it. Carruthers remembered how Campbell had idly flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground the day before. Highly likely it was still there by the bench but it had started to rain as he’d walked away. He also knew that if the charges had been dropped by the young woman who had accused Campbell of assault, even if Campbell’s DNA had been taken, it would have now been destroyed. But still, you just never knew what might be on the database.

‘Jim, I’ve got something,’ said Fletcher, walking up to Carruthers’ desk. ‘We’ve managed to unlock Rachel’s mobile. Looks like John Campbell had been pestering Rachel Abbie. There are about thirty phone calls from his mobile number and only one call from her to him. What’s the betting she called him to tell him to leave her alone? And there are literally scores of text messages from him. I’m asking for a printout of them all as Forrest told me the messages become increasingly desperate and threatening. Have we got enough to bring him in?’

Carruthers felt like punching the air. ‘We better do this by the book. I’ll speak to Sandra. Reckon we’ve got enough to bring him to the station but I want to be the one to conduct the interview. What I don’t understand is why none of Rachel’s housemates said anything?’

‘Perhaps they didn’t know.’

‘Why wouldn’t they, though? Surely she’d have told Will? And if he knew about it, he would have told us. It doesn’t make sense.’

‘I can’t answer that but you’re right. It’s a bit of a mystery.’

‘I think we need to talk to Will again. But we also need to formally interview John Campbell.’

Fletcher smiled. ‘Knew you’d say that.’

‘When we do get him in for interview, I want you to take Gayle and go to his student accommodation. Interview the other students who live with him. Find out what he’s like and what his housemates think of him. Have a dig about if you can. I’m going to put in for a search warrant. I want you to search his room. And do it thoroughly.’

Fletcher put on a face of mock outrage. ‘Do I ever search a room any other way? You think he’s done it?’

‘At the moment he’s our best bet. He’s got previous for assault on a female student; he not only knew one of the victims, but had been sending her threatening messages, and on top of that he’s been pestering one of his philosophy lecturers.’

‘Oh, is this Mairi you’re talking about? That would explain why she was so jumpy when I was interviewing her. It’s interesting that she told you but she didn’t want to tell me.

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