The Body Beneath the Willows - DCI Craig Gillard Series 09 (2022) by Louth Nick

Author:Louth, Nick [Louth, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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After a few minutes of conversation the story emerged. The couple recognised the picture of Crystal, who had sold them the van for cash a week ago. The buyers had driven it around the field a couple of times, were happy enough at the steep discount to the market value, and agreed to the deal, no questions asked. There only query from the couple was a simple one: had it been stolen? Slater resisted the spiteful urge to say yes. Instead he got as much detail as he could from them about what Crystal had said during their brief meeting and if she’d mentioned what her plans were. ‘Going back to Devon was all I remember,’ the woman said. ‘She’s got family down there.’

There was no sighting of Ozzy, but that didn’t necessarily mean anything. He might have been waiting somewhere for the deal to be done. Slater guessed that Crystal and Ozzy had traded down to a car and a tent. They had been smart enough not to directly swap the camper van for a car, but had broken the trail by taking their cash elsewhere. If they were being this smart, then he guessed they wouldn’t be using cash machines or credit cards either. The last info he’d had from Carl Hoskins was many days’ old now, but indicated they weren’t. Everything now depended on how much ready money the couple could lay their hands on. Ultimately, it would need to be a lot to avoid laying a trail. Hence raising cash from the camper van.

Slater’s client was expecting results. But he was back to square one. He’d have to think of something, or this was going to be embarrassing. The only plus point in the whole sorry saga was that the couple in the camper van had not yet been approached by the police. Thames Valley plods were doing an even worse job tracking this lot than he was.

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