Dead Nasty by Helen H Durrant

Author:Helen H Durrant [Durrant, Helen H]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Police Procedurals, Contemporary Fiction, Action & Adventure, Crime, Detective, Psychological, Romance
Amazon: B01M9JRC13
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2016-11-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Thursday

The early morning was Calladine’s favourite time of day. Leesdon was quiet as he walked to the police station. A shower of rain had freshened the streets. The takeaways were shut, so the streets were free of their usual odour of chip fat and kebab.

He was first in. There was a lot to do, but first he wanted hot coffee. It would help him think. They had one dead girl, and another was missing, but the incident board was almost empty. The team needed to focus. With luck the forensic results and Elsa Ramsden’s phone records would be in today. They might yield that much-needed breakthrough. Megan’s laptop was already at the Duggan.

Imogen arrived next. “Morning, guv.”

The first thing she did was switch on her computer. The younger members of his team didn’t seem to be able to function without a keyboard at their fingertips. Unlike Calladine.

Computer running, Imogen said, “Julian wants to speak to you.”

Calladine wondered whether this message came via email or was relayed over breakfast. “How are the two of you doing in that new house of yours?”

“I love it. Despite originally wanting something entirely different, I like living on a modern development. We’ve got lots of young neighbours, plenty going on.”

“Julian?”

“Not so thrilled. He says there’s too much going on. You know what he’s like, a serious sod with a single topic of conversation.”

“He’s a brilliant forensic scientist. We need more like him.”

Imogen grinned. “For God’s sake don’t tell him that. There’ll be no living with him.”

Next, Rocco came in. He and Imogen swapped chitchat about the previous evening until Ruth turned up.

“Sorry, gang. Same old story. Wouldn’t eat his breakfast then threw up as I pulled up at the nursery. I think he’s sickening for something.”

“Jake?”

She chucked a pencil at a smirking Rocco. “No! Harry, you plank!”

Calladine announced the morning briefing, with a serious edge to his voice. He paced the floor with his hands in his trouser pockets. “Get what you need and pin back your ears. This case needs a bomb putting under it. We need to sort this and quick. We are no nearer solving the Elsa Ramsden murder and now Megan Heywood is missing. That gives me a very bad feeling. We’re in here, drinking coffee and taking the piss while she’s out there somewhere, in heaven knows what danger.”

The team looked at each other. He was on one, but he was right.

Ruth began. “I’ve been thinking about the motive. Who would want to kill a teenage girl? I know they can be hard work — Jake complains enough. We should look again at what links them.”

“School; that online stalker, Aiden; and a dislike of Gaby Donnelly,” Rocco said.

Ruth looked at the others. “Do we have anything more on this Aiden? He chatted up the girls, going from one to the other. Megan said he’d dumped Elsa and moved onto her. It was then that Elsa went missing. I’m wondering if he’s moved on again. Chosen his next victim and done for Megan.

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