Turn a Blind Eye by Jeffrey Archer

Author:Jeffrey Archer [Archer, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

William put down his biro after completing the latest entry in his logbook. He turned on the radio and listened to the seven o’clock news.

The Rashidi drugs trial was still the lead item, and the only new piece of information was that the judge would pass sentence in the morning.

Two years is the maximum period the judge can impose for possession, his father had reminded him when they had spoken on the phone that afternoon.

‘Which means he’s quite literally got away with murder,’ said William. ‘And remembering he’s already served over six months, he’ll be released in a few weeks’ time, and we still don’t know where his new factory is.’

‘I’m sure he’ll lead you to it on the day he’s released,’ was the Hawk’s opinion.

William’s thoughts turned to Lamont, who was every bit as guilty as Rashidi, having worked hand in glove with Booth Watson to get him off. But one of the ex-superintendent’s favourite bon mots had been, Crime pays, laddie, and William didn’t doubt that Lamont was now earning far more as one of Booth Watson’s lackeys than he ever had in the Met.

He could hear Beth asking once again if the time had come for him to consider resigning, and he still hadn’t come up with a convincing response.

When a light appeared on the third floor, William tried to concentrate. After five nights of surveillance, he had roughly worked out the layout of Summers’s flat. Nicky must now be in the kitchen, probably preparing supper.

The news was followed by The Archers; much more of this and he’d become an addict. He was listening to File on Four, who were debating the removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords, when he spotted Summers entering the building. A few moments later he watched as the two of them embraced before Nicky drew the curtains. William only wished he could have overheard their conversation.

The Hawk had applied for an order to have the flat bugged, but the application had been rejected by the assistant commissioner Specialist Operations as a fishing trip. ACSO suggested they supply some more convincing corroborating evidence before approaching him again. He referred the commander to the Interception of Communications Act 1985.

A second application just to bug Summers’s phone was also turned down. Britain wasn’t a police state, the Hawk had been reminded by the commissioner. William couldn’t disagree with him, even though it made his job that much more difficult.

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