Locked In by Kerry Wilkinson

Author:Kerry Wilkinson [Wilkinson, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Published: 2011-07-09T23:00:00+00:00

Having read the Herald’s website on her phone the next morning then bought the print edition on her way to the station, Jessica was beginning to think she had definitely underestimated Garry Ashford. But if the scruffy little genius had got her off the hook, he had also ensured her colleagues would be taking the piss out of her for weeks.

She was impressed when she had seen the online version but it was the actual hard copy that really stood out. The front page banner headline read: “HOUDINI HUNTER”. She wasn’t a fan of the “Houdini Strangler” label but, for good or bad, it had stuck. Garry’s front page piece, which read over a two-page spread on the inside, was a full profile of her. It was positive throughout, reassuring the public that she was looking out for them and hard on the trail of the killer. After the previous editorials slating the lack of progress, this piece praised the “behind the scenes efforts”. Very little of the information had actually come from her but, even if it had, it was written so cleverly no one could have really known for sure. It quoted “sources close to Detective Daniel” and “senior members of the force”.

The journalist must have really done his homework the day before. They still didn’t have a great photo of her but had come up with one taken a few years previously when she was in uniform. She remembered it being taken but had no idea where the newspaper would have got it from. She definitely looked younger in the shot and more naive too she thought to herself.

Jessica was only planning on stopping at Longsight to pick up some paperwork on her way to court. It would give her something to do while she was stuck hanging around in the witness waiting room. Court duty was a mixed blessing for officers. On the one hand, you did get a day off work. She thought it was like when the teacher used to wheel in the video player back at school and you knew you would get an easy ride for that lesson. The downside was the sheer amount of waiting around you had to do, either at the back of court or sitting in one of the various rooms provided.

At the station, Jessica had walked in to a rowdy, sarcastic cheer from the half-a-dozen or so people milling around the reception area. She collectively flicked them a V signal but, before she could make her way through to her office, the desk sergeant pointed towards the stairs. ‘He wants to see you.’

She wasn’t sure if it would be a negative trip or not to see DCI Aylesbury. He surely couldn’t be annoyed given the force had finally been painted in a good light? She went up the stairs but, as she made her way past his office’s window, he didn’t appear to be smiling. ‘DS Daniel,’ he said as she knocked and entered. She instantly noticed a copy of that morning’s Herald on his desk.

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