The Alphabet Murders_A Chilling Serial Killer Thriller by Lars Schutz

Author:Lars Schutz [Schutz, Lars]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
Amazon: B07N1KY11Y
Goodreads: 45170711
Publisher: Manilla
Published: 2019-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

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When Rabea and Jan reached operational command, they found everybody standing in silence, heads bowed and hands folded.

For a perplexed moment Jan thought the gesture had to do with them, until he remembered again the images from last night.

‘I’d like to have a minute’s silence so that we can commemorate our colleague Daniel Köllner,’ began Anita, effortlessly managing to give her voice the necessary gravitas. ‘He gave his life in the attempt to save a woman from being kidnapped. This act of bravery revealed him to be a better policeman than I or anybody else in this room will ever be.’

The weed was still affecting Jan’s mind, although it was a weak strain mixed with dried raspberry leaves instead of tobacco. He still had to function, after all. Everything lay beneath a matte veil. The other investigators’ empty faces seemed even more hollow, the atmosphere in the tube-like room even more oppressive.

Anita continued. ‘Daniel was an important part of this investigation team, and he will be sorely missed as a detective. Far more important, however, is that he will be missed as a son, as a partner, as a father, as a family member. And, not least, as a friend.’

The silence in the room sent a shiver down Jan’s spine. He closed his eyes.

Could he have prevented this? Saved Köllner’s life?

Ever since his brother’s death, he knew he shouldn’t ask himself questions like that. Yet his brain had never bothered much with what he should or shouldn’t do – perhaps that was why he’d become a behavioural investigative advisor.

‘Thank you,’ whispered Anita eventually. ‘Now let’s get back to work so we can bring this bastard to justice.’

The operations command sprang into familiar activity. Tapping keyboards, telephone conversations, discussions. Anita threw two aspirins into her glass of water and walked up to them. Last night had affected even her composure.

Hopefully she couldn’t smell the cannabis on his clothes.

‘It’s simply a tragedy.’ She gave them a pained smile. ‘You’ve probably been smoking pot, if I know you. Old habits die hard, eh?’

Jan jumped. It wasn’t her nose that had found him out, it was her shrewd instincts.

His eyes fell on the tablets fizzing in her water. ‘We’ve all got our narcotics.’

It was impossible to tell from Anita’s expression whether the comment had hit home – something that had always disturbed him about her. A person ought to show they’re capable of emotion.

‘We’ve got to talk about the information that filtered through to the press,’ said Rabea. ‘We believe Köllner was the source.’

Anita nearly dropped her glass, but reflexively caught it with her other hand. Water sloshed onto the floor. She opened her mouth to speak.

Yet before she could say a word, she was interrupted by a scream. An investigator hurled away the thick envelope she’d just opened and buried her face in her hands. As it landed on the carpet, something fell out.

It took Jan a few moments to realise what it was.

Then came the surge of nausea.

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