Detective Omnibus- 7 to Solve by Adam Carter

Author:Adam Carter [Carter, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

The Detective

I looked at the ticket inspector in something approaching horror. “You really are an odd man.”

He beamed. “Thank you.”

“So that’s it,” Miss Robinson said. “You’ve heard all our testimonies and you’re still no closer to finding Gary. I take it we can all go now and you’ll contact us again if you need us.”

“No,” I said. “The problem is, Gary Kensing spoke to all of you, but he didn’t actually tell any of you anything. None of you knows anything at all about him, other than what I’ve just told you.”

“Well, no,” Holding said.

“And by bringing you all together I’ve just given you more information on him than any of you even wanted to know. You would have gone on with your lives, not even giving the man a second thought. You certainly wouldn’t have known were Gary to simply disappear.”

“Well, no,” Holding repeated. “Considering none of us even knew him.”

I sighed. “Then I should apologise. I thought you were all witnesses, that you had vital information which could have led me to him; or information which could have led the police to me. But you weren’t witnesses. You were just casual train acquaintances. By bringing you together I have, ironically, made you all witnesses.”

“Uh,” Ashcroft asked, “what do you mean led the police to you? You are the police.”

“If I was the police,” I said tiredly, “I wouldn’t legally have been allowed to interview you without your parent or guardian present.”

I pulled the gun before any of them could react. My choice of room was good, since with the only window blocked no one outside could have seen the movement. My four captives gasped like something out of a comedy film. They were all so obsessed with their own lives they had not even imagined the move could come.

“You’re Gary’s uncle,” Robinson said.

“That’s right,” I told her. “As Gary mentioned, I’ve been inside for a stretch. Jewellery heist, you see. When I got out I wanted Gary to help his uncle on his next job. The lad didn’t want to come with me, and I couldn’t persuade him.” I could feel my anger burning. “Then, after I’d done the job alone, he stole all the money and jewels from me. He wouldn’t help me, but he’d certainly steal from me.”

I realised I could not allow my anger to cloud my judgement, lest one of them attempt a break for the door.

“You can’t just shoot us all,” Holding said, distraught. “I have to get to work.”

“And I have to get back to my parents,” Ashcroft said.

“And I have people’s lives to ruin,” the ticket inspector said.

I waited for the final whinging voice and when it did not come trained my gun upon Miss Robinson. “Nothing you want to get back to?” I asked airily.

“Paperwork,” she said. “Shedloads of it. It comes with arrests.”

“Arrests?”

“Brian Kensing, I’m arresting you for armed robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder.”

I blinked. “You’re not an undercover cop, don’t be ridiculous.”

It was just as I spoke those

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.