Serious Crimes by Frank Tayell

Author:Frank Tayell
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction | Post-Apocalyptic | Suspense, Conspiracies, Dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thrillers & Suspense, Spies & Politics, Crime, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, s2z, Thrillers, Assassinations
Published: 2015-11-05T05:00:00+00:00

When Ruth entered the cabin in the yard of Police House, Mitchell was already there.

“Sleep well?” he asked.

“Some,” she said. “You came to the house last night.”

“I did,” he said. “I wanted to check you were okay. Ours is a violent job, cadet. By its nature we see people at their worst and see the worst they are capable of. You shouldn’t take that as a model for what the world is truly like. Try to find some small act of kindness that you’ve witnessed and make it the last thing you think about before you go to sleep.”

She nodded politely and then took a proper look at the sergeant. He’d changed his uniform, but hadn’t shaved. “Did you get any sleep last night?” she asked.

“Some,” he said, echoing her own reply with a trace of a smile. “Riley and I went to the Marquis. The pub by the docks that Turnbull mentioned, you remember?”

“Vaguely,” she said. “I thought she had a concussion.”

“When she gets it into her head to do something, nothing can stop her, which is why I went with her.”

“I could have gone with you, too,” she said.

“To the pub? No, you’re too young. You’d have got too much attention, and of the wrong kind.”

“Oh. Did you learn anything?”

“In a way. A lot of regulars have stopped coming in over the last few months. Possibly they’ve gone away, gone straight, or just stopped going to that pub, but perhaps they were hired like Turnbull was. Riley is following up on some of those.”

“What happened to him?”

“Turnbull? He’s in the cells somewhere. Or he was when I got in a few hours ago.”

“Shall we go and question him?” she asked.

“We’ll have to wait until we’re invited by Weaver,” Mitchell said. “I’ve put in the request, and maybe it’ll be granted. Maybe.”

“Well, should I go and help Riley, then?”

“You wouldn’t find her,” Mitchell said, “and when she’s done she’ll go home to sleep. Besides, I’m afraid you have an appointment with the commissioner.”

“What? Why?”

“Don’t worry. The commissioner is, technically, to whom Serious Crimes reports, and that means he’s the one who takes the official statements. I doubt he’ll actually do it himself. It’ll be a secretary or someone. Tell them the truth though I’d ask that you don’t mention Isaac. If Weaver gets wind of it, she’ll go looking for him, and I’d rather she focused on the job in hand. You fired six shots, remember.”

“Yes, sir,” she said.

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