The Revenge Season (The Severance Series, book 3) by Mark McKay

Author:Mark McKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense thriller, thriller novels, international crime, suspense mystery, action thrilers
Publisher: Mark McKay

They were expecting him when he showed up at Notting Hill Gate Police Station the following day. He was shown into an interview room by a uniformed constable and told someone would be along soon. A few minutes later, a plain-clothes man arrived.

‘Mr Severance, I’m DCI Russell.’

He was in his fifties, tall and heavily-built. The hair was grey and rather unkempt, but that scruffy first impression wasn’t reflected in his choice of suit. It was a razor-sharp Italian-style number that had been tailored to disguise those few extra pounds around the waist. He had what Nick thought of as a pragmatic and rather intolerant look about him. It was often labelled as professional cynicism and he’d seen it in plenty of long-term coppers. They called it realism. Russell sat down.

‘I looked you up,’ he said. ‘You were a DCI with the City of London Police.’

‘That’s right. I had to take early retirement.’

‘Yes, the file doesn’t give any reason for that.’

Must have been amended when they exonerated me, thought Nick. ‘Personal reasons.’

Russell didn’t press it. ‘You look like a victim of domestic violence,’ he said. ‘Harry’s work?’

Nick nodded. ‘Yes. Have you found out any more about him?’

‘What’s to stop me from taking the view that it was you who bashed him over the head and killed him? You don’t seem to have any idea who else it might have been.’

‘And then I was overcome with remorse and called you to confess, is that it? I was unconscious at the time, and even if I wasn’t it’s still very difficult to hit a twenty-stone bodybuilder on the back of the head with a heavy object when he’s just broken two of your ribs and he can see you coming. Even if I had killed him, it would have been in self-defence. You heard the recording.’

Russell smiled. ‘Yes, I heard the recording. And in answer to your question, we have found out about Harry. Full name, Harry Chambers. Forty-two years old with a criminal record that’s almost as old as he was. Part of a South London crime family, who make most of their money these days selling cocaine. Given what you told me about Peru it seems to fit, don’t you think?’

‘They must be Conrad’s buyers. Keep an eye on them and sooner or later you’ll find Conrad. But there’s another aspect to this, which is why Julian was murdered. He didn’t know about the cocaine. He was killed to make sure Hackett’s patent would be approved. As was Ray Curtis. If you can track down Conrad, then you’ll have your murderer.’

Russell seemed to be on board with this line of thought. ‘I talked to Captain Ibanez in Iquitos yesterday. He confirmed that Conrad Steadman is wanted for the murder of Emilio Ramos. So I’m satisfied that you’re not just making this all up. And Steadman worked for Hackett Pharmaceuticals?’

‘That’s right.’

‘I think we should start there. In fact, I’ve taken the liberty of making an appointment to meet their CEO. I’d like you to come with me.

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