Now's the Time by John Harvey

Author:John Harvey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781446492130
Publisher: Random House

Resnick chewed at the last mouthful of his sandwich and brushed crumbs from the front of his jacket and the edges of his desk; a slither of mayonnaise continued its slow journey, unobserved, down the length of his tie. Full twenty minutes the superintendent had given him that morning, boring on and on about resources being wasted on toe rags the likes of Terry Cooke. “Neither here nor there, Charlie, when it comes down to it. Not worth arguing the overtime, not in my book.”

But Skelton’s book didn’t have Ronnie Rather writ large in its pages, beaten half-daft and half-blind.

Resnick eased open his office door and called Naylor and Khan through from the CID room. What they had to tell him gave him little joy: Terry Cooke had been behaving like an altar boy preparing for heaven; his girl friend, Eileen, had clocked them each time they’d showed but carried on regardless, unfazed by their attentions.

“You’ve spoken to her?” Resnick asked.

Khan glanced at Naylor before answering. “A few words. Not a lot.”

“But she knows who you are?”

Naylor nodded: yes. “Take more than us staring at her to get under her skin,” he said. “It’s what she’s getting paid for all the time.”

“And loving it,” Khan said.

Resnick stared at him a moment.

“You should see her,” Khan continued. “The difference. When she’s performing, doing her act. I mean, she’s a good looker anyway; beautiful, even. But when she’s really getting into it . . .” He shook his head. “Amazing.”

“What about the rest of the time?” Resnick asked. “Day times. What does she do? Help out Cooke and that nephew of his over in Bobber’s Mill? What?”

“Got a couple of mates she meets sometimes,” Naylor said. “Jallans of a lunchtime, early afternoon. Sometimes she goes there on her own. I don’t think she goes near the shop.”

Resnick pushed up to his feet. “Okay, leave it be. Let her go. I want Cooke’s place turned over. Every day if you have to, twice a day. Get a warrant to go through his house. Stolen goods, whatever. If he thought we were leaning on him hard before, now he’ll know better.”

“What about the girl?” Khan asked, almost keeping the disappointment out of his voice.

“Don’t worry,” said Resnick. “I’ll talk to the girl.”

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