Need You Dead by Peter James

Author:Peter James [James, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2017-06-05T23:00:00+00:00

‘Interview with Kipp Brown, in the presence of his solicitor, Allan Israel, resumed at 11.17 a.m.,’ Batchelor said for the benefit of the recording. Turning to Brown, he asked, ‘Is there anything you would like to tell us?’

Visibly blanching, Brown said, ‘OK, look, I didn’t tell you the truth, because – well – hell – I didn’t want this to get back to my wife. I – I did go and see her a few times, yes. We had sex. But that was all, I didn’t kill her. I mean – you know – I really liked her. Hadn’t seen her for years and by sheer chance we bumped into each other in a pub – the Friday before last. She was upset and I gave her a shoulder to cry on. You know how it is. And we’d been in regular contact since.’

‘You didn’t kill her?’ Batchelor retorted. ‘Why did you say that, Mr Brown?’

‘I read in the Argus that she was found dead the next day. You guys bloody scared me. I didn’t kill her, it wasn’t me. I’m not a bloody murderer.’

‘We’ve established that you have lied to us – why should we believe you didn’t kill her?’ Batchelor pressed.

‘I liked her! Jesus! I thought she was lovely, always have. She told me about her shit life with her husband who abused her. He’s the guy you should be looking at, not me for God’s sake.’

‘Can you give me one good reason why we should believe you, after establishing you’ve lied to us?’

‘You just have to believe me.’ He looked at his solicitor. Israel, busy making notes, did not react.

‘We have to believe you?’ Batchelor said. ‘We should believe a liar, should we? How do we know anything you tell us is the truth?’

There was a long silence. ‘I did not hurt Lorna,’ he said, lamely.

‘Did something happen between you and her last Wednesday that made you angry?’

‘Not at all. We had a nice time – OK – we made love, then I left – I had to get back to work. We arranged to meet again on Friday. Then – then I read in the paper – the Argus – that she had been found dead.’

‘You didn’t think to contact us when you read that?’ Batchelor asked.

‘No. Maybe I should have done – but – I thought if I came forward, the news would get out – and my wife would hear about it. It’s one of the downsides of being well-known.’

There was a long silence. ‘Is there anything else you would like to tell us?’

‘No – I – to be honest, I knew very little about her life now, apart from what she told me. As I said, I really liked her. I thought she was very attractive, smart, funny. A nice lady. She was . . .’ He shrugged.

‘She was what, Mr Brown?’

‘Vulnerable, I guess. She was someone I felt I wanted to get to know all over again.’

‘So not someone you needed to kill?’

He threw his arms in the air.

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