The Cabin by Jorn Lier Horst

Author:Jorn Lier Horst
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2019-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

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The kitchen was no longer suitable as a centre of operations for the investigation. There were too many papers. Mortensen had helped Wisting to shift everything down into the basement, where the money was still stored.

They had placed the table in the centre of the room, along with the chairs from the garden, so that they could hold meetings around it. One wall had been cleared and was used instead as a noticeboard. All the ring binders from the airport robbery investigation were on display. In one corner, Audun Thule had made a workstation for himself and linked up his laptop to the police networks. Mortensen sat with his back to him, engrossed in one of the forensic analysis reports.

Wisting’s mobile phone rang, and he saw it was a number he had saved from an earlier case: Adrian Stiller.

He considered not answering. Stiller was busy examining Simon Meier’s missing-person case, but it was the same story with him as with any police colleague in the Security Service branch: always looking to receive information, never to share.

‘Aren’t you going to take the call?’ Mortensen asked.

‘Yes, of course,’ Wisting answered, swiping the screen with his finger.

Stiller came straight to the point: ‘What’s the connection between Bernhard Clausen and Simon Meier?’ he asked.

Wisting moved the phone to his other ear and chose to be equally direct: ‘I’m trying to find that out,’ he said. ‘Do you have anything for me?’

‘That depends,’ Stiller replied. ‘The Cold Cases Group has been sent the old missing-person files for a fresh assessment, but you probably already know that. Could Bernhard Clausen have anything to do with it?’

‘What makes you think that?’

‘He’s named in a tip-off,’ Stiller explained.

‘I have the same tip-off,’ Wisting admitted. ‘Originally sent to the Director General.’

Adrian Stiller confirmed that they were talking about the same piece of information. ‘Could there be anything in it?’ he asked.

‘We’re investigating other circumstances relating to Clausen,’ Wisting replied. ‘This was something that cropped up, and we had to take a look at it.’

‘Cropped up?’ Stiller repeated. ‘How can an old tip-off in a missing-person case simply crop up? What exactly is it you’re investigating?’

Wisting had no answer to that.

‘Bernhard Clausen is dead,’ Stiller said. ‘Does it have to do with that?’

‘I can’t discuss that over the phone,’ was Wisting’s response, as his eyes flitted around the room. Mortensen had turned towards him and was listening in to the conversation.

‘I can come down to see you,’ Stiller offered.

Wisting saw no option other than to include Adrian Stiller in the covert investigation group. Although he had reservations about the man’s approach and methods, he could nevertheless bring creative skills that would benefit the investigation. ‘I think that might be a good idea,’ Wisting said. ‘When can you get here?’

‘I’ve one thing I need to check on first. What about tomorrow? Are you going to work on this over the weekend?’

‘Tomorrow’s fine,’ Wisting confirmed. ‘You can come to my house.’

‘I’ll be there at ten o’clock,’ Stiller rounded off. ‘I expect Line’s there too?’ His last remark contained a trace of sarcasm.

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