Unsolved: A page-turning Yorkshire serial killer thriller (THE DS HUNTER KERR INVESTIGATIONS Book 7) by Michael Fowler

Author:Michael Fowler [Fowler, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2021-01-18T16:00:00+00:00

Hunter got back to the office just after 10 a.m. Maddie looked up from her computer as he strolled in and greeted him with, ‘The boss has been in here asking after you. He’s called in twice in the last ten minutes to see if you’re in yet. I told him a little white lie: that you’d been in but had to pop out to get some milk.’

Hunter sighed heavily. ‘Thanks, Maddie. I came in early to do an address check for Roger Mills, my old tutor, who took the missing report about the Bannisters, and then as I was leaving to go and see him, he was just coming into the car park.’

She raised her chin, forming a silent ‘O’ with her mouth.

‘How did he sound?’

‘Not impressed. Told me that you had to ring him as soon as you came in. Oh, and he’s taken the Bannister file.’ Maddie pointed at Hunter’s out tray, which was now empty.

‘Bollocks.’ He took off his coat and shoved his briefcase under his desk. ‘I’ll get us a cuppa first before I ring him. It’ll give me time to come up with a good excuse as to where I was going when he clocked me.’

Maddie shook her head, issuing a tight smile. ‘Anyway, was it worth it, going to see your old tutor?’

Hunter shrugged his shoulders. ‘Yes and no. He was able to set the scene for me, but what he told me doesn’t really take me any further forward, only gives me more to think about.’ He gave her a potted version of his and Roger’s conversation while he made them both tea. As he handed Maddie her drink, he said, ‘I don’t know where that takes us, to be honest. I’ve got lots of unanswered questions, but the only person who can answer them is St. John-Stevens, and as you know he’s told me I’ve got to drop the investigation, so he’s not going to be any help.’

‘I’ve thought of a couple more avenues,’ Maddie responded.

Hunter set down his drink. ‘Oh, what are those?’

‘See if we can find out who Tina’s close friends were at the time and speak with them to see if she revealed anything. And there’s nothing in the file to suggest anyone spoke with her parents. We could see if they’re still around and have a chat. I could speak with Alice for that information. Also, her GP. We’ve got a copy of her record to show she was six weeks pregnant and that she had asked for an abortion because it wasn’t David’s, but that’s only a summary of her visit and discussion. What if she disclosed to her doctor who the father was and he chose, for confidentiality purposes, not to enter it onto her record?’

Hunter clapped his hands. ‘Maddie, that’s brilliant. Yes, give Alice a ring, but first get onto the practice immediately and see if her doctor’s still working there.’

She gave him a broad smile. ‘Done that already. Spoke to the practice manager and she told me that the surgery that Tina visited is now part of a four-surgery practice.

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