Killer Lies (Reissue) by Chris Collett

Author:Chris Collett [Collett, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2018-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Next morning Anna took Jamie to the day centre on the understanding that Mariner would do the pick-up that evening. It meant that he got in to Granville Lane nice and early to find that things were moving on Lucca, the Albanian. ‘Police over there have picked him up for questioning,’ Charlie Glover told him.

‘What’s he saying?’ asked Mariner.

‘They’ve shown him Madeleine’s photograph, but so far he’s denying all knowledge.’

‘What about the fingerprints?’

‘According to him, there were bin bags and tape in the communal kitchen. He may have touched them, but so could anyone else living in the house.’

‘It’s not true with the tape though, is it? Only the person who bound Madeleine would have touched the inside strips of tape.’

‘We’ve got enough material evidence to bring him back, so they’re holding him until the extradition is agreed,’ said Charlie.

‘So where are we on the paperwork?’

‘I’ve got everything together. I was hoping we could go through it before we send it off to the CPS. Talk about pedantic. They virtually want everything in triplicate.’

‘We’ll be grateful in the long run,’ Mariner said. ‘It’ll ensure that we don’t hand the defence a legal loophole on a plate.’ With some reluctance Mariner put his own investigating on hold. ‘Let’s get on with it, shall we?’

They were deep in discussion when Ella from reception called through.

‘It’s Mrs Evans to speak to you.’

‘Mrs Evans?’

‘She says she’s Chloe Evans’ mother?’ Ella ventured, to help him out.

Mariner sighed heavily, guilty unease stirring in his gut. Glover was gesturing to him, something about taking a break. He ignored it. ‘Could you tell her I’ll call back, I’m in the middle of something right now.’

‘You sure, boss?’ Glover said when he’d replaced the phone.

‘This is important,’ said Mariner. ‘We don’t want to lose Lucca.’

By late afternoon Mariner was satisfied that they’d put together a strong report and they took it to Coleman for countersigning.

‘It’s good work,’ the gaffer said, looking it over.

‘So now we sit back and wait?’ said Glover.

‘We’ll see how it goes. If it seems to be taking too long at the other end, we can send someone down to lean on them a bit.’

Glover was dubious. ‘In theory that’s a great idea, but I’m all backed up with the stuff that happened over Christmas. It’s finding the time.’

‘I’ll see what I can do,’ said Mariner, with half a mind on his own investigation again. A couple more days in London might come in handy. ‘If that’s all right with you, sir.’

‘Whatever gets the job done,’ said Coleman.

* * *

The day almost over Mariner at last found time for some research of his own. Logging on to the system he did searches on Terry Brady and Marvin Jackson, before trying Hollis and Jaeger. But limited to the West Midlands database he came up with nothing. He really needed to get into the system at Harlesden, but to do that he’d also need a bloody good reason. And that he didn’t have, at least, not one that he could give without arousing suspicion.

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