Fatal Games by Mari Hannah

Author:Mari Hannah
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780062387134
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

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DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT RON NAYLOR wasn’t looking where he was going as he left the MIR. He ran headlong into Hank Gormley at the door, the mobile in his hand crashing to the floor. Gormley stepped back, apologizing for the collision even though it wasn’t his fault.

‘What’s up, guv?’ he asked.

‘Ask your DCI!’ Picking up his phone, Naylor examined the screen before lifting it to his ear. The line was dead. He cancelled the call, put the mobile in his right trouser pocket and sloped off down the corridor, leaving Gormley none the wiser and a tad bewildered.

Kate Daniels and Naylor were best buddies. On top of that, the Super was always so calm, so easy-going. Hank couldn’t remember the last time he’d seen him riled. Wincing as the double door slammed shut at the end of the corridor, he turned on his heels and pushed on into the incident room.

Kate and DC Lisa Carmichael were sitting together by an open window, a pile of paperwork and handwritten notes spread out on the desk in front of them. They both looked spent. An afternoon giving John Edward Thompson a police agenda interview had obviously taken its toll.

He wandered over to join them.

‘Who died?’ he asked.

Neither one spoke as he pulled up a chair and sat down.

Getting to her feet, the DCI wandered aimlessly away.

‘Fine!’ Hank huffed. ‘What the hell is wrong with everybody?’

‘Difference of opinion,’ Carmichael replied without looking at him.

‘About?’

Lisa glanced up. ‘The Chief was on to Naylor earlier, suggesting we convene a press conference. Naylor mentioned it in passing. The boss was having none of it. She told him straight. They had words. He stormed out. End of.’

‘Ah.’ Now Hank understood.

There were things about the Bamburgh case the public didn’t need to know. Kate wanted to keep it that way. It wasn’t her style to stir up a media frenzy in order to make the police look good. Or take credit in front of the force logo, telling everyone how harrowing it was for the team to have witnessed a burial site containing the remains of two young girls. She hated all that showboating stuff. It was bollocks anyway. Murder detectives were paid to witness these things. That was their duty.

‘Don’t blame her,’ he said finally. ‘Anyway, why bother? We’ve got fuck-all to tell them.’

‘S’pose.’ Yawning, Lisa rubbed her upper arms. ‘I’m cold.’

‘No “suppose” about it.’ Hank got up, closed the window, then sat down again. It was already pitch-black outside. ‘Kate’s the one who’ll take the flak if information falls into the wrong hands. She has to be careful around the media and people like Thompson. It’s a fine balancing act, one you’ll have to implement yourself one day.’

‘She’s good at it too.’ Carmichael yawned again. ‘Throughout the interview, Thompson hung on her every word. If you ask me, he was getting off on all the attention. Cocky little git.’

‘That’s always the danger with paedophiles. You can’t share stuff with them in case they tell fellow abusers who may also be involved in the offence you’re investigating.

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