The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay

Author:Malcolm Mackay
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thrillers, General, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, Fiction
ISBN: 9780230764644
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2013-01-16T11:00:00+00:00

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Fisher is run off his feet. That frantic period, in the immediate wake of a killing, when there’s so much to do. This is the bit he enjoys. You can see it in his face, in his mood. He’s loving this. He knows it won’t last, for one thing. He’ll either catch the killers, the investigation ends and he goes back to more mundane things while he waits for the next one, or the investigation will run out of steam. Depends on how good they are. Depends on how good he is. For now, though, there’s everything to do. Revel in it. Immerse yourself in it. This is what makes it worthwhile.

He’s on his way to meet Zara Cope again. She slept at the station last night, she’s still there. Just a few more questions, little things. Find out what club they went to, for one. Get CCTV, if there is any. Find out what taxi they took home, what driver. Find out who the other passenger was. See what these people have to say for themselves. He already knows who the first plods on the scene were. One of them was Paul Greig. Jesus fucking Christ! That crook seems to be able to stick his nose into places it shouldn’t be, even when he’s just doing his job. Fisher knows him well enough to know that he shouldn’t trust him. Not one single damned word. Okay, Greig hasn’t done anything wrong in this case, yet. Wouldn’t put it past him, though. There are cops who are paid to be the first on the scene, remove any evidence left behind. Fisher knows it happens. Wouldn’t be surprised if Greig was one such cop. It’s always worth being suspicious when that lying bastard is first on the scene. Why has nobody complained about him yet? Why in hell hasn’t he been kicked out of the force?

Back in the station. Little bit of paperwork. Boring, stupid paperwork. A report about the contents of the house waiting for him. Nothing deemed suspicious by the detective constable who looked around. No drugs found. Little bit of money, but just loose cash. Nothing that would raise eyebrows. Going to take longer to work out the other details. How much money does Winter have in bank accounts, and can we prove that it came from drugs? Difficult with a dead guy. Difficult if he didn’t leave any easy evidence behind. Initial search of the house suggests that he didn’t. Disappointing. Someone else will decide what happens with his assets, and whether they can be taken.

As he walks down to the suite where Cope’s stayed the night, he’s annoyed that he has nothing to throw at her. No drugs. No suspicious documents. No suspicious money. Not a huge surprise. A dealer of Winter’s experience would know how to be careful, would know how to hide the things that need to be hidden. They plan for the worst-case scenario. Doesn’t get worse than this. If there had been drugs, he would have her over a barrel.

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