The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman

Author:Phil Rickman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Corvus
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘Liverpool Daily Post,’ Bliss said.

Brent came out of the community centre with DI Watts, from Dyfed-Powys, who were being friendly, under the terms of the cross-border crime initiative. Happy to let them use Hay as an operational base, but Brent wouldn’t be happy until it was clear that he’d be SIO, no matter how far into Wales this went.

Watts was older and balder and heavier than Brent. The TV cameraman shot them, as Karen Dowell wandered over to Bliss.

‘DCI’s on unfamiliar ground, boss. I was convinced he was going to ask about a translator.’

‘Into what?’

‘If there was the slightest possibility that some Welsh people, even though they all speak English, might prefer to communicate in their own language…’

‘In Hay?’

‘He likes to observe the political niceties,’ Karen said, ‘as you know.’

‘Yeh, I could almost believe that. Nothing from Tamsin’s phone?’

‘Nothing obvious. They’re ringing all the stored numbers now, but, essentially, no business on that phone since she talked to Kelly James. The phone was in the car, and the car could have been here all night.’ Karen took in a long breath. ‘Doesn’t look good, does it?’

‘That car needs a good going-over. Did she drive into Hay and park it, or did somebody else?’

‘Couple of locals say there was an old blue Nissan truck parked a couple of spaces away. May have been there for most of last night, but gone by the time we got here.’

‘Basically,’ Bliss said, ‘there’s no evidence that Tamsin even left Dorstone. Last people to actually see her were her own family at about two p.m., after lunch. She hadn’t said where she was going or what she planned to do. But apparently it wouldn’t be the first time she’d taken work home, if you see what I mean.’

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