Hunter Hunted: A gripping crime thriller (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh Book 3) by Jack Gatland

Author:Jack Gatland [Gatland, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

Monroe opened his eyes when the taxi pulled to a stop.

‘Jesus woman,’ he groaned. ‘Not here!’

‘Yes, here,’ Doctor Marcos replied, pulling the wheelchair out of the taxi and, after paying the driver she stared up at the entrance to the Globe Town Boxing Club. ‘Beggars can’t be choosers, and you need a day’s rest before you fight.’ She smiled. ‘And besides, haven’t you seen Rocky movies? They always use a gym like this when they recover from the massive beating they take in Act Two.’ Grabbing the handles, she wheeled Monroe through the doors and into the boxing club.

It was an old building, but it seemed to be going through a small renovation as they entered. The walls, the paint at one time stained with nicotine and peeling was now gone, sanded down and primed for a more colourful layer; the heavy bags and the weights were brand new, still in their wrapping as they awaited their installation, and the ring had been given new canvas and ropes. Even the smell, the musty taint of sweat and leather seemed to be missing from the gym.

One decorator looked up as they walked past. He was wearing old clothes but no overalls, and when he spoke, his voice was heavy with an Eastern European accent.

‘Not open,’ he said, waving back to the door. ‘Come back later.’

‘We’re looking for Johnny or Jackie,’ Doctor Marcos said politely. ‘I’d prefer the former though.’

Known around East London as a kind of modern-day version of the Krays, Johnny and Jackie were, to many, an enigma. They famously never appeared together in public; an agreement allegedly made when they first started so that if one was killed, the other could gain revenge for them. When people turned up to speak with them, they never knew which of the twins they’d meet with, as Johnny and Jackie changed around their schedules constantly to ensure that targeted attacks were impossible. They looked identical. They wore almost identical clothing. Their haircuts were the same.

The problem was, though that Johnny and Jackie weren’t twins; they were one person with a very particular multiple personality disorder. There was ‘Johnny’, the rational, business-like one and ‘Jackie’, the psychopath.

There was a reason Doctor Marcos wanted the Johnny persona. He was more likely to listen to sense and broker a deal. The Jackie persona was likely to bury you in the foundations of a motorway.

‘Oh, you would, would you?’ A voice spoke through the door to the back room and a man emerged, walking out behind a meaty looking man in his forties, tracksuit over a tank top and his hair gelled back. The man who spoke wore a black suit and deep blue shirt, currently open. His salt and peppered hair was blow dried back, giving him a little quiff at the front, and he bore an expression of fury.

Shit, thought Doctor Marcos. The Jackie persona.

Jackie however stopped when he saw Monroe in the wheelchair. He stared at him for a long moment, taking in the scene.

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