SECONDS TO DIE a totally gripping serial killer thriller with a twist (Detective Claudia Nunn Book 2) by Rebecca Bradley

Author:Rebecca Bradley [BRADLEY, REBECCA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime, thriller and mystery
Published: 2021-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 39

Claudia gathered everyone in the incident room. The tattoo chase had been a bust and she was pacing the room with frustration. She’d put all her eggs in the tattoo artist’s basket. Now they’d lost time on the clock and were no closer to identifying the victim.

‘We have no choice but to bring the press into this,’ she said. ‘Yes, they’re a pack of vultures who distort and manipulate everything, but we need their reach to ID this guy. They can distribute his face widely, and that way we might be able to find him. Sharpe has organised a press conference for an hour’s time.’

The image was again directed onto the wall. The victim’s head lolled slightly to the side in death, but there was enough of his features visible for anyone who knew him to make an identification. Claudia looked at the drawing for what felt like the hundredth time and asked inside her mind, directly to the man, who he was. What was he doing right now? And was he even subliminally aware of the danger that faced him? To prevent scaring him any more than he needed to be, the decision had been taken to only show a cut-down image at the press briefing — an image of his face, so he or someone he knew could recognise it. To show the rest of the image, the drawn wings from his body, would only serve to terrify even the most hardy of people, knowing what had happened in the city recently. He’d want to know why wings were floating from his torso matching the tattoo on his chest. Of course they’d explain this when they met him, but for now, he could be identified by only his face. It was the easiest option.

An hour later she filed out with Sharpe to face the curious media. Of course the previous two murders had caught their attention and they presumed this press conference was to do with that.

Sharpe stared out at the sea of faces until they silenced themselves for her. She’d informed Claudia this was not to be a long affair. They needed something from the press, and in asking for it they were also giving. They were giving the press something to run with. It was a fair trade. She would put up with no messing about from them.

Once everyone was quiet, Sharpe spoke. ‘You have all been handed a press pack. Within that is a copy of a drawing.’

The room hummed with voices.

Claudia watched as Sharpe waited them out. She knew Sharpe would refuse an attempt to speak over the rabble. Her view was that if they were rude enough to keep speaking then she would wait until their manners kicked in. And it worked every single time. Like trained dogs, the press realised they’d get nothing else until they listened. So silence once again reigned.

‘We would appreciate it if you could run this image in your various outlets with a request for anyone who knows the man to come forward.

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