Her Last Walk Home : A completely addictive crime and mystery thriller filled with heart-racing suspense (Detective Lottie Parker Book 14) by Patricia Gibney

Author:Patricia Gibney [Gibney, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Kirby spent an hour calling the men on the list sent over by Greg Plunkett. There would have to be face-to-face follow-up on the few of them who’d met with Shannon and Laura. But for now, he couldn’t find any holes in their alibis. Where did that leave him? He went back over his notes and decided to talk to George Kenny about Shannon’s stint in rehab.

George ushered him into a cluttered sitting room with a little boy asleep on the couch. ‘Have you news of Shannon?’

‘Not really. I wanted to ask you about her time in rehab.’

‘So now you think she’s a junkie and won’t investigate?’

‘I never said that. We are taking it very seriously.’

George lifted a stack of laundry from an armchair and offered the seat to Kirby. He’d have preferred to remain standing, but George perched on the edge of the couch so he sat also.

‘How long was she in rehab for?’

After a pause, Shannon’s brother said, ‘A few months. I gave her an ultimatum. She was missing work. Drinking all the time. Doing drugs. My mother’s death went hard on her, you see. I had to do something. After rehab, she was grand, but recently she’s slipped back into old ways. No drugs but drinking a lot. She was heading for a downward spiral. Maybe I was too tough on her. Maybe she did run away.’

‘Have you checked if any of her belongings are gone?’

‘There doesn’t seem to be anything missing. Her suitcase is still here.’

Kirby looked at the little boy. ‘This is quite delicate and I’m not sure if you know or not, so don’t explode.’

Kneading his fingers into the palms of his hands, George nodded, preparing himself. ‘What is it?’

‘It’s come to our notice that your sister was… She seems to have been registered with some sort of an escort agency.’

George blew out his cheeks. ‘I didn’t know, but I suspected she was up to something.’

‘How did you suspect it?’

‘She had feck-all money but could still go out and have a good time. She took my bank card from time to time, even did that the other night. But deep down I knew she couldn’t be funding all her nights out.’ He looked at Kirby, his eyes imploring. ‘Do you believe she’s with one of those men?’

‘I’ve checked out those we know about and they all appear to have watertight alibis. Unless she met someone not on the agency’s database.’

‘Have you checked the pubs? Their CCTV?’

‘It’s early days, George.’

‘You need to give this all your attention. That other girl who was murdered, Laura Nolan, she’s taking precedence in your investigation, but what if Shannon… What if…?’

‘Don’t jump to conclusions. There’s something else I wanted to ask you. It’s about her time in rehab.’

‘Go on.’

Kirby felt sorry for him. He looked deflated, as if all the fight had been sucked out of him with a paper straw. ‘Did you ever hear Shannon talk about a man called John Morgan?’

‘Morgan? Isn’t that the guy who was found dead at Pine Grove?’

‘Yes.

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