Murder In The Academy : A chilling murder mystery set in Belfast (Alice Fox Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Maggie Feeley

Author:Maggie Feeley [Feeley, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Irish fiction, Alice Fox murder mystery, In the way of Georges Simenon – Madame Maigret’s Own Case, Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Agatha Christie – The Body in the Library and Robert Galbraith – The Cuckoo’s Calling, Murder in the Academy, murder mystery, Irish Crime, Northern Irish Crime, Amazon Bestseller, Kindle unlimited
ISBN: 9781781994436
Publisher: Poolbeg Press
Published: 2021-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

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Despite a disturbed night with the new baby, Ian McVeigh was leaving his home not long after eight o’clock on Friday morning. He had made sure that his appearance communicated competence and authority in an understated manner. Nothing too flashy, just quiet tasteful clothes and excellent grooming. Sally had wolf-whistled when he came into the kitchen to say goodbye and he knew he had hit the right note. He liked to get a chance to take charge of some aspects of an investigation and Paton and Burrows had grown to trust him. He was meticulous in his attention to recording findings and his instincts were sound. Although it didn’t show too much, he was quietly ambitious about his future in the force.

Ian had called Hillsborough Police Station the previous evening and explained that he would be in the village on Friday morning as part of the investigation into Helen Breen’s murder.

The night duty sergeant had been very affable. “I wondered how long it would be before we heard from you guys,” he had quipped. “There’s quite a stir in the village already since the news began to leak out. Once the press gets a hold of the details I’d say we’ll get a bit of spillover attention here. Of course it goes without saying that we’ll be happy to support your inquiry any way we can.”

Ian made a mental note to check with DI Paton about involving the local force in some house-to-house calls. The familiar trusted face often gathered more useful information than the stranger could.

He had asked for any help they could offer in terms of background knowledge on Helen Breen as a local resident and any known relationships she had in the area. He explained that the following morning he would be bringing some forensic people to look at her house and car if it was available and that he would call at the local station before meeting the lab guys at Breen’s house at ten. The sergeant said he would get a local patrol car to drop past that evening and see what was to be seen from outside. It would take a day or so to pull a report together for them but he would set the wheels in motion straight away. He would also leave a note in the station log so the daytime squad knew to expect him.

McVeigh took the rural Hillhall Road out of Belfast towards Lisburn in the hope of avoiding the morning motorway traffic. He wasn’t long on the road, singing happily to Cool FM, when Burrows phoned to update him on developments. He could expect the car to be at Breen’s house as they had CCTV of Liam Doyle driving it there on the Friday morning after Breen’s killing. That was quite the turn-up! Doyle was moving centre-picture now alongside Wilson and the pace of the inquiry was picking up. The ‘boss’ was gathering information on Doyle and she and Burrows would interview him together later on Friday morning.

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