Missing Person by Sarah Lotz

Author:Sarah Lotz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2019-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

There was a woman browsing through the poetry section, but as it was obvious she was only getting out of the rain, Shaun turned back to the monitor. The new house boy information was setting the comments section on fire, and had already spawned a volley of theories about killers who harvested their victims via personal ads. Bobbiecowell was suggesting this could provide a possible link to other murdered men who shared Teddy’s ‘victimology profile’. There were four on the list, two currently unidentified. One of them, GI Doe, could be Teddy’s cousin–his cousin. He’d only been to the man’s page once, couldn’t bear the photos of the forensic sculpture and its dead-eyed gaze.

The doorbell pinged, and a woman ushered a pair of bickering kids into the shop. He was about to turn back to the screen, when recognition hit, bringing with it a surge of panic. Carmel. He peered past her, but Donny was nowhere in sight.

She shook out her umbrella, blithely spattering droplets over the hardback display. ‘Alright, Shaun?’

‘Hi.’ Wary–and why shouldn’t he be?

Carmel nudged the kids. ‘Say hello to your cousin Shaun. Where are your manners?’

‘Hola,’ the boy said with a wave.

‘Can we buy a book, Mam?’ the girl asked. She looked to Shaun. ‘I like stories about monsters.’

‘There’s a surprise,’ Shaun said under his breath. Carmel shot him an amused glance. ‘The children’s section is in the back.’

The boy gazed around, entranced.

The girl tugged on Carmel’s designer coat. ‘Can we, Mam?’

‘Go on. But look after your brother.’

‘Come on, Declan.’ Surprisingly gently, the girl took her brother’s hand and led him away.

Carmel didn’t move. ‘Donny said he came to see you.’

‘Thought he was going to kill me.’

‘Don’t take that to heart. His bark is worse than his bite.’

‘It didn’t feel like it. He kicked the dog.’ Or tried to. He still wasn’t sure if the blow had landed. He prayed that she’d stay in her basket in the back. He didn’t want her anywhere near Donny’s offspring.

‘Ah well, it’s the shock of it, isn’t it? Finding out your only brother is dead. And the Gazette called this morning wanting him to comment on it, which gave him a face like a smacked arse all day. Janice is seething, thinks you’re the devil incarnate.’

‘What’s she saying?’

‘The old bitch won’t speak to me, you know what she’s like, but she’s on the phone to Donny all hours of the day and night.’

‘Have the guards told you anything else? Has the case been reassigned?’

‘The guard who came over didn’t say much. He was all formal, said he was after delivering an official death notice. Donny wouldn’t let him in the house. He had to do it outside the garage. Now listen. I’ve been reading through that website you showed us when you came over.’

‘Oh right.’

‘I’ve got something for you. You were after a photograph of Teddy?’

‘I got one from Johnny.’

‘I saw that. I’ve got another one. I can’t be sure, Shaun, but I think Teddy sent it to Donny when he was in New York.

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