Divide and Rule - Long Time Dying Private Investigator Crime Thriller series book 6 (Long Time Dying Series) by Solomon Carter

Author:Solomon Carter [Carter, Solomon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Great Leap
Published: 2014-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Cordy Farm rose up out of the scrappy looking arable land between Stanford Le Hope and the industrial landscape of the port and the remaining buildings of the petro-chemical plant. On the one hand it gave off a dated kind of sci-fi dystopian air which Mad Max might have appreciated. On the other hand, in the near view it was a rough green landscape which didn’t look either agricultural or pleasant to be in. Not far away, split off by creeks of the Thames Estuary and Canvey Island was Eva’s hometown Southend. Corringham and Cordy Farm were cut off from home by miles of green and brown fields and marsh land, and distances forced by the intervening waters. It felt as distant as anywhere in the world. Eva had already briefed Jess about Will Burton’s tip off, and that she had seen Burton talking to Joe Merton, Serge’s confidant. Right now Eva couldn’t tell whether this whole situation was a trap set up by Burton, Serge and Merton – one which didn’t make any sense – or just the classic middle-of-nowhereness which gangs of all kinds seemed to keep as their safe houses. Jess was sitting beside her in the Alfa, and even with all the pressure and the cutting edge of fear which was pressing into her consciousness, Eva couldn’t help notice that Jess had shaken off some of her quirkier styling. Jess had professionalised her look. Eva recognised the suit and skirt look, and the straight, almost dowdy blouse look - because it was her own. It didn’t suit Jess and, Eva certainly wasn’t used to seeing her this way. The girl must have still thought she had something to prove, but she’d proved it already. Yet seeing Jess make the attempt to up her game was reassuring. As Dan was going down the pan, at least she could lean on Jess a little to share the burden. Today Eva was going to reclaim the initiative from Peter Serge. And if she managed that, she would be able to get the proof of Serge’s involvement in the Jerry Burton attack - and if she managed that, she should have saved Coulson too. A lot was riding on Eva’s success at Cordy Farm. Not least her own survival. As they made it along a winding and muddy track towards a huddle of unkempt farm buildings pressed against a grey sky, Eva realised the scenario felt desolate and deadly.

A group of people were milling around a patch of stony ground by a barn. They looked up and stopped whatever work they were doing as the car drew nearer. Some of them had shovels and some held rakes. It looked more like construction type groundwork rather than farming work they were engaged in. The work men looked young here too, some wearing general work clothes, while a few wore the classic-style-cum-uniform of skinheads- bomber jackets and big boots. They were skinheads, one and all. And the closer they got, Eva realised how very young these skinheads were.

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