The Face Stealer by Robert Scott-Norton
Author:Robert Scott-Norton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Robert Scott-Norton
Published: 2013-07-26T23:00:00+00:00
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Payne slowed his car and turned off the main road into the entrance to Scarisbrick Marina. A sloping track wound down to the main car park. Potholes shook the suspension and the gravel crunched under the tyres. He had a clear view of the marina and was momentarily mesmerised by how peaceful it looked with the branching jetties reaching out across the water like giant fingers resting on a pond. It wasn’t hard to imagine why Charlie would think of settling here after the divorce.
Hell, after the explosion in his house this morning, he’d be needing somewhere to stay. Maybe here wouldn’t be so bad. Payne had already spoken to Taylor twice that morning and he’d insinuated that it might make more sense for Payne to step down from the investigation now that he was being targeted. Payne had refused, more out of principle than logic. Besides, if he was a target, he wanted to be in the best place to get the bastards behind this.
He pulled his phone out and the card that Linwood had given him. Maybe he should have gone with her last night. Maybe that was the right thing to do. But, she was playing her own game and he didn’t fancy being one of her pawns.
There was a slim man waiting as Payne locked the car; in his forties wearing dark jeans and a body warmer, he looked like he belonged on the water. He smiled as he shook Payne’s hand.
“Phillip Lang,” he offered. “We spoke on the phone.”
“DI Payne. Thanks for this. Sorry about the short notice.”
“Least I can do. Couldn’t believe the news. I guess you never think of these things happening on your doorstep.”
Payne nodded. “Did you see much of Charlie?”
“Not really. He kept to himself, so far as I could tell. He spent most of his time out at work or sat on deck. But he did stop by the bar for a drink from time to time,” Lang said.
“He spent a fair bit of time in there?”
“He liked a drink.”
“And what did he talk about?”
“Well nothing. Like I said, he kept himself to himself.”
“The two of you didn’t talk?”
“No, he just never seemed that bothered. He’d come into the café and sit at the end of the bar supping his pint. Sometimes he’d read the paper, often he’d just watch the TV. He spoke to a few others but it never seemed much more than a hello and goodbye.”
“Has he had any visitors to his boat?”
“Not sure. Nothing stands out. But, most days I’m rushed of my feet, so it would have been easy for him to have people come and go, and me never notice it.”
“Sure. I imagine it takes a lot of time running your own business.”
“You never thought about it?”
“Me? Christ no. What on earth could drag me away from the force? No, I think I’m best left where I am.” Payne paused, bit his lip. “What about mail? Any packages arrive? Anything unusual?”
Lang thought about this briefly, then said, “I don’t think so.
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