SMOKE AND MIRRORS: A copycat killer makes a cold trail run hot (The DSI Jeffrey Brandt Murders Trilogy Book 3) by Denver Murphy

Author:Denver Murphy [MURPHY, DENVER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Book Folks best-selling British crime fiction publisher
Published: 2019-02-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-seven

As Jack slowly moved his hand inside his jacket, the temptation to just whip out the knife and start stabbing away indiscriminately was strong. Surely one of the blows would see someone die and allow him to achieve what Brandt had been unable to.

Instead he withdrew his hand and pulled the jacket’s zip up the remainder of the way to his chin. The wind whipping down Carrington Street had conspired with his slower walking pace to allow the cold of the late autumn day to penetrate his layers of clothing.

Coming to the station at the correct time had always been part of his plan but only in so much as it marked the start of his true journey. This had been where it had all begun for Brandt, and Jack was going to achieve what he hadn’t managed to, but not by killing some random passer-by in the exact same spot that Brandt had chosen. It wasn’t even as though the playing field would have been level for Jack. He may not have specifically seen any police around the station, but he was sure there would be plain clothes deployed. Brandt had been able to target somewhere so bold because no one had been looking for him at that stage. Jack had missed his chance to kill here as soon as he murdered his first victim in Nottingham. The police may not have been able to catch him so far, but he was certain they would be attempting to anticipate his next move.

He just hoped to God that his true destination was more ambitious than they could have imagined. It certainly had felt an enormous step up as he had been planning it and it would do far more to impress Brandt than killing a stranger, even if the location would have held some meaning.

‘The one who got away,’ he murmured under his breath, jumping into the taxi at the front of the rank. He offered the driver a destination within a short walk of where he was really going, but sufficiently far away that no one would establish the link, and settled back in his seat to allow his body a quick rest before the task ahead.

Establishing her address had been easier than he thought. He knew her location would be a closely guarded secret given what had happened, and the expectation was confirmed by her social media accounts being locked down on the tightest privacy settings. Jack had expected he would need to find a way to hack in but had been gifted a simpler solution by those who knew her not being nearly as cautious. He supposed he could understand their complacency when they had believed that Brandt was dead, but they hadn’t sought to hide their indiscretion once it was revealed he was still at large.

Now out of the taxi, and having paid in cash just in case, Jack walked along the road that he would only need to deviate from once to arrive at the destination.

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