The Fighting Detective Series Books 1-3: Crime thriller and suspense box sets by Blair Denholm

Author:Blair Denholm [Denholm, Blair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blair Denholm
Published: 2021-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

‘What information did you get out of the happy couple?’ Batista sat on the edge of his seat, twisting a paper clip like he was winding up a watch. ‘A typed and signed confession to premeditated murder witnessed by a JP?’

‘We got confirmation,’ said Jack dryly. On the way back to the station he and Taylor compared notes. The conclusions made for a sombre mood. Nobody likes having their time wasted.

‘Of what?’

‘Exactly what you said, Guv. The Sarsbys are indeed a happy couple. Seems Martin Welsh sent us on a wild goose chase.’

‘He had you two convinced the information was genuine, didn’t he?’

‘He sold it well.’ Taylor glanced at the Spirax notebook in her lap. ‘When I put it to Helen Sarsby she was having an affair with Dale Collins, her denial was what you might call vehement. I quote. As if! She sussed the information we had came from either Martin or Cheryl Welsh.’

‘The husband was singing from the same song sheet, sir,’ said Jack. ‘They had no time to get their stories straight if they were lying.’

‘That’s a good thing isn’t it? We can scratch them from our list of suspects.’

‘Bleedin’ lovely. Only twenty or so to go!’ Jack rolled up his left sleeve.

‘Surely we can narrow it down to less than that?’ said Batista.

‘Afraid not.’ Taylor readjusted her scrunchie. ‘We’ve still got many more people to question. There’s another thing. Just because the Sarsbys told the same story, doesn’t mean they hadn’t agreed to it beforehand. This case is huge, they would have been following it. They may’ve anticipated we’d rock up with questions sooner or later.’

‘DC Taylor is technically right about the Sarsbys. They could’ve prepped for questioning,’ said Jack. ‘But my instinct tells me they’re telling the truth. Steve wanted to take a swing at me for making insinuations about his wife’s virtue. He’s also willing to provide DNA swabs to see if they match the three samples from the unknown men that forensics lifted from the Camry. That’s not the behaviour of a guilty man.’

‘I’m with Jack,’ Taylor closed her notebook. ‘I say we take another look at the widow, she’s lied once already. It’s also imperative we make further enquiries of the current and past player lists. Staff too.’

‘Speaking of which,’ said Jack. ‘We’re heading over to the Yank players’ apartment now. Interrogating them could take a couple of hours. Can you get Wilson, Smith and whoever else is twiddling their thumbs onto the phones? Here are the printouts.’ Jack handed Batista a manila folder, tapped a nail on the front cover. ‘That’ll save me and Claudia time.’

‘You got it.’ Batista nodded.

‘I’ve half a mind to ring Gomez and tell him Welsh is a dirty rat,’ said Jack. ‘It’d serve the Ginger Nut right to get booted from the team.’

‘Have you lost your mind?’ Batista’s hand nearly knocked over his mug of tea. ‘They need Welsh if they’re gonna have any chance of winning the title. You can’t go stirring up trouble at this stage of the competition, Lisbon.

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