Taste of Fury: Justice Again Series by M A Comley

Author:M A Comley [Comley, M A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jeamel Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

7

Katy was in her car, heading home for the evening when her phone rang. She hit the button and the woman on control said, “So sorry to disturb you, ma’am.”

“It’s okay. What’s up?”

“We’ve received a call from someone saying they found a body in the woods.”

“Okay, isn’t there anyone else who could attend?”

“That’s a negative, believe me, I’ve tried, but they’re all busy on other cases.”

“And I’m not? I’m on my sodding way home, for fuck’s sake.” She grumbled and then offered an apology. “Sorry, you didn’t deserve that. So, a body was found in the woods you say, where?” She searched ahead of her, indicated into a road on the left and pulled into the kerb to continue the conversation.

“Hawthorn Forest, do you know it? If not, I can send you the postcode for your satnav.”

“That won’t be necessary. I know where it is. Who found the body? It’s usually a dog walker, am I right?”

“Not really. A man called it in, we dispatched an ambulance and a patrol car, but when the ambulance got there first, they contacted base to say there are actually three bodies at the scene, not just one.”

Katy frowned. “How peculiar. Any sign of the man who made the call?”

“I thought it was odd as well. I tried to ring the number back and one of the paramedics answered the phone. The man was lying dead, holding his wife.”

“How strange. Okay, I’ll shoot over there now and try to fathom things out when I get there. Can you arrange for my partner, DS Simpkins to join me?”

“I’ll give her a call now, ma’am.”

Katy completed a three-point turn and drove back the way she’d come until she reached the main junction five minutes away. There, she took a right and continued for fifteen minutes until she arrived at the forest car park.

She let out a relieved breath. Patti was there and so was Charlie by the look of it. Katy pushed open her door and raced to the boot where she put on a white paper suit. She collected a set of shoe coverings and carried them to the edge of the scene. One look from Patti, warning her not to come closer, had her putting the covers on swiftly.

“What have we got?” she called out as she got within a few feet of Patti and Charlie.

“Do you want the facts or my interpretation of what happened?” Patti replied.

“Wow, that’s unusual for you to have the lowdown on things so soon, we usually have to wait until you’ve carried out the PM before you divulge your theory.”

Patti grunted, turned her back, walked past the couple lying on the ground and entered the depths of the forest which had been lit by her crew. They stopped alongside the bloody corpse of a man, surrounded by leaves.

“This is what I believe occurred. This unfortunate specimen of a man was hacked down, intentionally.”

Katy stared at the man and shook her head. “How do you know that, Patti?”

Patti sighed and pointed at the thin nylon wire lying on the leaves which Katy hadn’t noticed.

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