To Catch A Killer (A DI Ellis Yorkshire Crime Thriller Book 15) by Oliver Davies

Author:Oliver Davies [Davies, Oliver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

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Ireturned to the department, where I was instantly met by Faye.

“How’s it going?” I asked hastily.

Faye ran her fingers through her hair. “I asked DC Kebby and DS White for help, but even with all of us looking we haven’t found anything incriminating on Arthur Sampson.” She nodded her head toward the DCI’s office. “I’ve given Nadia and DI Humes a quick debrief, and they’re both happy we found the sicko, but naturally they’re disappointed that we don’t seem to be getting anywhere with him.”

I sighed. “Have we really found nothing?”

Maddison stepped forward. “Apart from the fact he’s clearly a misogynistic jerk, everything we’ve found out about him suggests he’s a normal guy... he has a regular job, he’s had no run-ins with the law, his social media pages are limited but show nothing concerning⁠—”

“Aye, because he either uses fake names or does things on the dark web where no one can see him,” I interrupted.

“True,” Maddison responded earnestly. “But nothing has come up that’s made us certain he’s our killer.”

I grabbed the notebook out of the bag and passed it to Maddison. “Scan through this, especially around the times our victims were killed,” I said. “That could help give us an indication of any foul play.”

“Right away, sir,” Maddison replied respectfully.

Faye stepped over to me with her arms crossed. “We can look into that notebook as much as we want, but he isn’t our killer... unless he’s working with someone else.”

I furrowed my brows. “How can you be so certain?”

Faye walked toward Victoria’s desk—which now contained Nadia’s laptop—so I followed her. She then sat in Victoria’s chair and pulled the laptop close to her. “I was able to get access to Arthur’s bank records and unfortunately they gave him an alibi for Nessa’s murder.”

She pointed to her screen, emphasizing certain lines of text. I quickly realised that Arthur had been in Manchester last night, and since he’d also made a payment in Manchester early that morning, it suggested he’d been in Manchester around the time Nessa was killed.

“Damn,” I muttered, placing the backpack on Victoria’s desk.

Maddison looked over at me. “Do you still want me going through his notebook, sir?”

“Aye, definitely,” I replied. “We can’t arrest him for murder, but we need to at least try to build enough solid evidence against him for stalking and harassment.”

“Will do, sir.”

“Are you done with looking into the pub punters?” I asked hopefully. “How did you get on with that?”

Maddison pulled a face, which instantly put me on edge. “The majority of them expressed a desire to help, especially when I said it was to help get Larry out of prison, but I’ve had no luck whatsoever getting a hold of John Ford.”

“Really?” I asked in surprise.

I thought about John, and while he wasn’t as forthcoming as some of the others had been the night I went to the Wolf and Lamb Pub, I’d gotten the feeling he was keen to help as much as possible. I couldn’t imagine he would purposely be avoiding us when he knew we needed help.

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