The Five by A P Bateman

Author:A P Bateman [Bateman, A P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-05T05:00:00+00:00

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“I love the sea,” Amanda said, somewhat wistfully. “Gorgeous on a day like today. I would love to move down here, perhaps have a little cottage hideaway like you do.”

Her words stung, but King didn’t correct her as he looked out across the bay from Castle Beach. His cottage laid in tatters. A mass of rubble and burned out timber. He’d never step foot in it again.

Amanda had taken the scenic route along Castle Drive, the road which wrapped its way around Pendennis Castle and took in the mouth of the Carrick Roads where it met the Atlantic, signifying the end of the English Channel. The water glistened and shimmied. The sky was deep blue, almost mirroring the sea. Three tankers were moored in the bay, waiting their turn for repairs or unloading at Falmouth docks. Days like this so early in the season were rare.

It was indeed a beautiful view. But he was in no mood for it. Amanda had performed the autopsy on Sir Ian Snell’s body. That wasn’t the problem. The problem had been her verdict. Or inherent lack of it. She had taken scrapes and samples, DNA offerings really and little more, from the Jameson family. She was adamant that nothing more would be gleaned, and had handed the task back to the resident pathologist and his team at Treliske Hospital. She had taken a call from somebody in the Home Office and agreed to a meeting. King had not been pleased. He wasn’t a man to hide displeasure well.

“I need something to work on,” he said curtly. “Anarchy to Recreate Society will be looking at new targets. There may just be one person left alive on the original rich list, but it’s constantly evolving. They never killed those people in order, and they won’t start now. There are potentially five targets, all of them at risk. I don’t think we are going to see them single out just one more name, I must consider the fact that any one of five people are at risk. I need all the information I can get to stop these people.”

“They’ll finish their list,” she said.

“What makes you so sure?”

“Their psyche. They are a special bunch. They’ve delivered on every promise they’ve made so far. They’ll see it through.”

“So, give me something now!” King snapped. “I need to get moving. Your findings are important to me. I wouldn’t have hung around here waiting if they weren’t crucial to my investigation.”

“And I’ve already told you! I have to report my findings to the Home Secretary first,” she said, and in no way apologetically. “You have your orders and I have mine.”

“And that’s it?”

“We shared a few glasses of wine and a steak dinner. You make it sound like I owe you. We weren’t lovers,” she paused. “No matter how much you wanted us to be.”

“What?” King asked incredulously. “I have a fiancé, I told you that!”

“Well, why else would you invite me over for an intimate dinner in a secluded

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