Mourn not your Dead by Crombie Deborah

Author:Crombie, Deborah [Crombie, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“HE’S GOT A RECORD.” NICK DEVENEY LOOKED UP AT KIN-caid and Gemma as they entered the incident room in Guildford Police Station. He and Will Darling had been bent over a computer printout, and the quick smile he gave Gemma was his only greeting. “I didn’t manage to get in touch with your friend Madeleine Wade until this morning, and it turned out he worked for her, too. Did some heavy lifting in the shop and a bit of painting in the flat.”

Wondering at the barb implied by the emphasis on “your friend,” Gemma glanced at Kincaid, but he only looked amused. “Who has a record?” she asked. “What are you talking about?”

“Geoff Genovase,” said Will. “Done for burglary five years ago. He was managing a hi-fi shop in Wimbledon, and it seems he and a mate from the shop decided to liberate some of the merchandise in the supplier’s warehouse. Unfortunately they hadn’t quite got the knack of disabling alarm systems, so Genovase did time in one of Her Majesty’s best hotels.”

Gemma sat down in the nearest chair. “I don’t believe it.”

“He did some sort of odd job for everyone in the village who reported a theft,” said Deveney. “Coincidences like that don’t manufacture themselves. And if he did the others, why not the Gilberts’, only this time something went wrong.”

She thought of the gentle young man who had fed her cheese and pickle so solicitously, whose face had lit with eagerness when she inquired about his computer game. “Why didn’t you tell me?” her voice rose as she turned to Kincaid.

His face registered surprise as he looked up from the printout he’d taken from Deveney. “It was just a hunch. I had no idea it would pan out.”

“I’ve applied for a warrant,” said Deveney. “Hope we don’t have to search the whole bloody pub.”

Kincaid returned the printout to Will and stood staring into space, his eyes slightly unfocused. After a moment he straightened and said decisively, “Listen, Nick, I’m not willing to drop everything else to run with this. I still think we should follow up on Reid and the London angle.” He turned to Gemma. “Why don’t you and Will go to Reid’s shop in Shere and have a word with him while Nick and I handle the search?”

Her anger rose with frightening speed, closing her throat, making her heart pound, but she fought it back and managed to say evenly, “Um, could I have a word, guv?” Kincaid raised an eyebrow but followed her into the empty corridor, and when the door clicked shut she said through clenched teeth, “Shall I assume you have some reason for this?”

“What?” he said blankly.

“Sending me off on some fool’s errand while you and Nick Deveney take the important job. Do you think I’m not capable of being objective? Is that it?”

“Christ, Gemma,” he said, backing up a step. “I’ve tried to sort things out, but you’re as prickly as a bloody hedgehog these days. What am I supposed to

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