STICKS AND STONES (A DCI Harry McNeil Scottish Crime Thriller Book 1) by John Carson
Author:John Carson [Carson, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-30T22:00:00+00:00
Fourteen
âLook at you, acting all innocent,â Alex said as the patrol officer dropped them off back at the hotel.
âThe Highland air has obviously gone to your head.â
âYoung Miss Angie has her sights on old Uncle Harry.â
âWere you dropped on your head when you were a baby or something?â
âOh, come on, Harry. She gave you her number. And she showed you her unshaved leg.â
âNo, she gave me the hospitalâs number and said I should call if I needed any more information. Werenât you listening? You were in the room.â
âSecret messages. There was an edge to her voice that would sound like purring if she were a cat.â
âIâm not listening to you anymore.â
They walked into the reception area to find chaos ruling.
âJesus,â Jimmy Dunbar said, coming over to them, âGallagherâs running about alternating between wanting to murder his daughterâs killer with his bare hands, hiring a team of hit men and, burning the hotel down with, and I quote, all of you useless bastards in it.â
âHeâs upset, then?â
âRightly so, but heâs off the fucking scale, Harry.â
âI can understand why. Somebody made us believe that Marie was murdered, but it was his other daughter. I think it would drive me mad, too.â
âLetâs get into the library where we can gather our thoughts.â Dunbar clapped a hand on Harryâs shoulder and they moved away.
There were some of the junior detectives from Inverness in the library, along with Robbie Evans.
âWeâre going through CCTV right now, or at least we have some of the Highland Coo brigade doing it,â Evans said. âWe want to see if Marie can be spotted anywhere. And how in Godâs name is that her sister Sharon?â
Harry poured himself a quick coffee. âIâm thinking, Marie was taken, or killed. Then he was watching the search party with Sharon in it. Then he took the steward and the women, killed the steward, and took Sharon away with him. He dressed her in Marieâs dress, then killed her. He wanted us to think Marie was dead.â
âWhy?â Alex said.
âTo put us off the trail, as it were,â Dunbar answered.
âWe donât know the why yet,â Harry answered. âWhy wouldnât he kill Marie? Unless Sharon was the real target.â
âYou!â a voice shouted from the doorway. Broderick Gallagher. He was standing looking at Harry.
âMr Gallagher, Iâm sorry for your loss.â
âFuck you. What the hell is going on?â
Harry walked over to him. âIt seems that somebody took Marie, then took Sharon and dressed her in Marieâs clothes to put us off the scent.â
âNot to mention blowing her head off! You forgot that little nugget!â He was starting to shout and getting more hysterical by the minute.
âIâm going to have somebody take you aside so you can relax a bit.â
âI donât want toââ
âMr Gallagher!â a voice shouted from behind them. âKenny David from the Morning Star. Can you confirm it was your other daughter Sharon who was murdered?â
Gallagher turned to him as the room went quiet. âYou snivelling little fuck. Who the fuck let you in here?â
âIs it true then?â David said, smiling.
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