Under the Line: A gripping British detective crime thriller (DC Jake Tanner Crime Thriller Book 3) by Jack Probyn

Author:Jack Probyn [Probyn, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cliff Edge Press
Published: 2023-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 53

CHOP-CHOP!

Liam called an immediate meeting in the briefing room as soon as they returned from the factory. The whole team had turned out – nearly fifteen of them sat in the room, paying attention. The majority of the ranks in the office were detective constables, with the addition of a few sergeants, leaving Charlotte as the most senior officer in there after Liam. But it raised the question of why Liam had called them all in. He never usually did – or, at least, infrequently. The rest of the team were the foot soldiers who picked up all the stuff that filtered down from the chain of command. It was Liam’s preferred method of working, and it was the reason the team was a revolving door of new faces.

‘Thank you all for being here,’ Liam began. ‘I thought it would be worth calling this meeting as I need to check up on where we are with things, so I can re-evaluate and refocus your priorities if necessary. This case seems to be getting slightly out of hand at the moment, and I need to rein it in. For those of you who don’t know, Michael Cipriano has just been killed. We’re going to be working closely with Essex Police on this, but there will be some things that we can do – and the majority of you will be doing that.’

Liam scanned the room, silently selecting the members of the team he was referring to with a curt nod. Jake was grateful he wasn’t one of them.

‘But for now, run me through what we know.’

The room fell silent. Nobody wanted to be the first to answer. Jake was certain it was partly due to the fact that almost everyone in the team was afraid of Liam in one way or another, as if he had something against them and they didn’t want to speak at all for fear of reprisal.

Jake chose to go first.

‘Danny Cipriano, dead. Buried alive in cement. Construction site worker, Richard Maddison, main suspect. Motive – Danny Cipriano put him in jail. Evidence found in Maddison’s flat implicated him in the murder, but he couldn’t have been working alone. He needed someone else, at least.’

Jake paused to gauge Liam’s reaction; his boss gave him a gentle nod to continue. ‘Enter Jermaine Gordon, renowned drug kingpin from East London. Also a convicted murderer. Has a history with Richard Maddison from when they shared jail time. And now we’ve got Michael Cipriano dead.’

‘You’re missing one important fact here, Jake,’ Charlotte said. ‘DNA samples were found at Richard Maddison’s address, suggesting that he could have been murdered and his death made to look like a suicide. DS Richmond and I have been looking into it.’

‘And where are we up to with that, Charlotte?’ Liam asked.

‘Still waiting on the results, guv.’

Liam nodded. ‘Right now we need to look at the possibility that this is a revenge killing. Richard and Jermaine set out to kill Danny Cipriano. We have CCTV footage

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