Dead Rat by Derek Fee

Author:Derek Fee [Fee, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

DS Browne was leading the evening briefing and to his mind he was making a hash of it. He’d been called to the chief super’s office in the early afternoon and informed that since there was no senior officer available to take over the Murder Squad, the chief super would be handling the management herself. Which meant that he would be reporting directly to her for the foreseeable future. Some people might see that as an opportunity to shine, Browne saw it as an opportunity to screw up in a very major way. The atmosphere in the squad room was subdued. Browne stood in front of the whiteboard. No information had been added during the day. He looked at O’Neill. ‘Where are we on the CCTV from Traffic?’

‘They sent over a disk this evening and I’ve just started working on it. The system looks old and the images are a bit grainy, but I’ll go through it tomorrow.’

Browne turned to Graham. ‘Anything on your side, Harry?’

‘I’ve rechecked all the calls we received after the appeal. Ninety per cent were from whack-jobs and the other ten per cent were genuine but turned out to be cases of mistaken identity. It’s just about closed itself down.’

‘Anyone got an idea as to how we can progress this investigation?’ Browne was becoming desperate.

‘The CCTV seems like the only avenue,’ Graham said. If the boss doesn’t return soon, he thought, we are in major trouble. It wasn’t the sergeant’s fault. He didn’t have the SIO experience.

‘Okay,’ Browne said. ‘We start again in the morning.’ He glanced across at Wilson’s office, which was locked and had crime scene tape across the doors and windows. How he wished to see that bulky body sitting behind the desk.

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