Seeking the Dead by Kate Ellis

Author:Kate Ellis [Ellis, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780748126620
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2011-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

John Wendal was in no state to be interviewed just yet, which was exactly what Joe had expected. The man would need time to recover, but time was something they didn’t have. The Resurrection Man might, or might not, be associated with Wendal. Or perhaps Wendal himself was the killer and he had an accomplice who’d disposed of Janna Pyke’s body and the clothes of the first two victims. The possibilities were endless and Joe was growing desperate. The Resurrection Man was out there. And there was no reason to suppose that he wouldn’t strike again. For some killers murder is addictive.

Jamilla’s visit to Vicars Green had proved disappointing. She had crawled up into the loft above the victim’s old flat and brought two bin bags filled with Janna Pyke’s possessions – mainly clothes and shoes with a few CDs – back to the police station as Emily Thwaite had requested.

The DCI had insisted on examining them herself, ordering them to be taken to her office then going through them alone, shunning help, almost possessive. Joe wondered whether she was asserting her authority – demonstrating that she was in personal control of every aspect of the case – or whether there was something else behind her thoroughness; some private knowledge she was keeping from her colleagues so she could claim the glory when the case was cracked, perhaps. But Emily’s search proved fruitless and she concluded that Janna’s things had been abandoned because the clothes had seen better days. And it was possible that she just didn’t like the CDs any more.

Joe felt quite disappointed. He had hoped to find some clue to Janna’s life – and possibly her death – amongst her possessions. But if she had left any clues, they lay elsewhere. Probably in the place where she’d spent the last few weeks of her life. Wherever that was.

After checking whether Forensic had found any fingerprints on Harold Uckley’s belongings and being told that they were still being examined, Joe decided to check out the art shop in Boargate where Janna had last been seen by her colleague from the House of Terrors. He armed himself with a photograph of Janna provided by her parents – a photograph of a slightly younger Janna with mouse-brown hair – and looked at his watch. It was four o’clock so, with luck, the shops would still be open when he got there.

When he told Emily about his plans she seemed a little distracted. He suspected she was under pressure from above. Or maybe there was something wrong that he didn’t know about … something at home. People had their problems. Perhaps he’d enquire tactfully, unobtrusively, when they had a free moment. Up till now he hadn’t been able to fault the way she was handling the investigation, but if she was being distracted – if her mind wasn’t on the job – perhaps he should have a quiet word. He’d see how things developed.

Joe arrived in Boargate to find that the tourists were out in force and the street had an almost carnival atmosphere.

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