HE IS WATCHING YOU an absolutely gripping crime thriller with a massive twist by GALLAGHER CHARLIE

Author:GALLAGHER, CHARLIE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2018-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

As she walked back into the police station, Maddie still clung to the faint hope that maybe there had been some breakthrough with her missing girl and she might be required to lead that investigation while Harry was tucked up with his hit and run. She sucked in a breath on the threshold of Julian Lowe’s office. She let it out in an involuntary raspberry the second she saw a uniformed community support officer sat in the corner of Lowe’s office. The woman looked stern.

‘Ah, DS Ives,’ Lowe greeted her as she walked in. ‘This is Janet Warren. She’s the PCSO for Canterbury Central and the college comes under her remit. You got my email, I assume?’

‘I did, sir. I was hoping to talk to you about it. There’s a lot going on at the moment as you know and I was hoping to continue to look—’

‘You remember our conversation around your remit here, DS Ives? Your role is not to be out looking for our missing people. You are more the conductor of the orchestra. You work with those who are doing the looking. I know I asked you to assist, but right now you are needed elsewhere. Major Crime has good resources. The search is in very good hands.’

‘I see. There is also the hit-and-run incident, sir. Harry is running that by himself as it stands, but I have been out with—’

‘Harry Blaker is a man who likes to work alone. You will see that for yourself when you have been at this station for more than just a few days.’

Maddie bit down hard on her tongue. She didn’t like being cut off and talked over, she didn’t like being patronised and she didn’t like the way Julian Lowe was now smiling at her. She wanted to wipe that smile off his face, to tell him that she wasn’t some new girl with nothing to offer. Instead she took a second and then had one more try. ‘He seems to have been quite willing for me to assist over the last couple of days. I think we are getting somewhere.’

‘This hit-and-run incident is not something that needs any more resources. Right now, from the briefing I have received, we have a man hit by a speeding vehicle and the only reason we are considering any kind of murderous intention is because of a tied-up dog. DI Blaker is very sensitive around road traffic affairs and I am quite happy to lose him to that investigation while it is bottomed out. I cannot justify losing our misper liaison too. Not when a meeting is scheduled of the type that will become your bread and butter once your feet are under the table. You will learn a lot today, DS Ives, I can assure you of that. Janet here is very experienced in the world of schools liaison and missing persons. You will attend a meeting with the school and then meet one of our regular mispers. Unless you

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