The Wives of Crimson Avenue (DI Vincent Sullivan Book 1) by Sadie Ryan

Author:Sadie Ryan [Ryan , Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SpellBound Books
Published: 2022-04-20T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fourteen

‘Something bothering you, Sarge?’ Lister asked bringing her a hot drink. They had all come in early today and were waning now.

‘It’s this puzzle with the diamonds I’m not getting. How did Sam Love get away from those gorillas to do the switch?’

‘Maybe somebody met him at the airport.’

‘No, I doubt he would trust anyone. Check the airport and see if he came back before the date he was due to fly back.’

‘You think he flew home, made the swap then flew back with the fakes and handed them over? That’s a bit risky isn’t it? What if the flight was cancelled or delayed?’

‘You have a point, check private flights, see if any took a Sam Love or made any flights to Rome the day before he was due to fly in.’

‘Hope you don’t mind me saying, Sarge, but you don’t look great. You coming down with something?’

Josephine smiled back at him. She felt like crap but it wasn’t a bug that was making her sick.

When Vincent arrived back at CID, she asked to see him in his office.

‘What’s bothering you, Josephine? By the way, you look like you’ve seen a ghost.’

‘I’ll be OK.’ she sat down and told him what she was thinking and what she’d asked Lister to do.

‘It’s been bothering me too. It’s a thought, but it’s risky.’

‘That’s what Lister said but I can’t see how he did it otherwise.’

‘Christ, he’s done a mind-fuck on everyone by the looks of things,’ said Vincent.

Josephine winced but made no comment.

Vincent shuffled some papers on his desk. ‘Did you read the report from forensics? The white spirit they found was definitely the accelerant used to start the fire. Lisa said they found a partial burnt container with the branding not completely burnt away. They’re trying to match it and then we can check Mrs Love’s stash in her shop. This is now a manslaughter case and we can bring in the big boys. I’ve asked Stella from the Tech Team to track Sam’s movements from his phone locator.’

‘I did read it yes,’ she said. Stella Fisher was one of the best. ‘It crossed my mind that the wife uses a lot of that in her job of restoration. I can see where your thoughts are going but why would they burn the warehouse?’

‘Pissed off that the police aren’t doing enough to stop them, so took the matter into their own hands is the feeling I’m guessing.’

‘Christ, if so then they’ll be charged with manslaughter at the very least,’ Josephine said and then a thought struck her. ‘We don’t know the identity of the body yet, could it be Sam Love? Maybe it wasn’t the wives who started the fire but whoever did wants it to look that way to take the heat away from themselves.’

‘You mean whoever started the fire knows about the diamonds and wants retribution for what he did and is trying to frame them?’

She shrugged, she wasn’t sure, it was messy, and the Russians were not messy when they targeted you.

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