Her Deadly Promise: An absolutely gripping and totally unputdownable crime thriller (Detective Gina Harte Book 12) by Carla Kovach

Author:Carla Kovach [Kovach, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781803143606
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2022-12-01T23:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-THREE

Gina stood at the head of the incident room in front of the boards as she tied up their afternoon briefing. ‘I’ve heard back from O’Connor who is still in attendance at the post-mortem. Nothing further to add that will help our case. Nothing good has come of the CCTV footage outside the library but it barely covered the one path. We know we are still looking for the murder weapon and no searches have turned it up yet, which means it’s still out there. All units are still on the lookout for Shaun Brock. He is currently our prime suspect and there is a warrant out for his arrest. Anything else?’

A hum of no filled the air. Gina could see that the team were a bit despondent, as they’d reached what felt like a dead end in the investigation.

‘We have officers stationed on Meera Gupta’s mother’s street and the same with Shaun Brock’s mother’s place. The poor woman is beside herself. Did Mr Anderson come back with his work mobile?’

Wyre cleared her throat. ‘Not yet.’

‘How about Jimbo’s Hot Tubs? Have we managed to ascertain that it was definitely him purchasing the hot tub?’

‘No. I called the company and spoke to an account manager. She said the owner of the business is out for a couple of days and no one else there has access to the CCTV. She said as soon as he – a man named Jim Bowler – comes back she’ll get him to email it over. She did, however, give us a vague description that could be Anderson. It was too vague to be certain.’

‘But so far, it looks like he’s telling the truth?’

Wyre nodded.

‘Can we match the blood found on the items in Brock’s car to Billie’s? Do we have the results yet?’

‘Not yet.’ Jacob peeled open a pack of pasta salad and prodded his fork in a cherry tomato, which burst up his shirt.

Gina pulled her ponytail tight. ‘We need to go over everything Meera Gupta has said. I don’t know why but I don’t trust her. It feels like she’s still holding something back and it might be just the information we need. What about her other friends? Nadia Anderson – Mr Anderson’s wife?’

Jacob swallowed a mouthful and turned a page in his notebook. ‘No record, guv.’

‘And Candice Brent? What do we know about her?’

‘Friend of Billie’s. Married. Daughter of the same age as Billie’s son. Works as a dog groomer. It appears that she, Nadia, Billie and Meera were all close friends. They spent time in each other’s houses. Their children played together.’

Gina stared at the floor in thought. ‘Yes. Meera is having an affair with Nadia’s husband and all of them were involved in gossiping about Billie. They don’t all seem to be as friendly as they appear. There is so much going on under the surface. We just need to scratch a bit harder. We do have some forensics results back from Billie’s house.’

Wyre scraped her chair a little closer to the table.

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