Up Close and Personal by Alan Fisher

Author:Alan Fisher [Fisher, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-01T18:30:00+00:00

He was relieved when he walked into the main office at headquarters to see that Jason Glover was not at his desk.

“He’s out” said Debbie without being asked, “gone off to Durham somewhere and taken Alan with him. You wouldn’t believe it would you. Alan’s been back less than a bloody day and he’s been hauled off on some hunt for something down in Durham. You’d have thought the DS would at least give us a chance to say hello to him before he dragged him off”.

“Hi Debbie, what’s got up your nose this morning? As if I need to ask”.

“Bloody DS Glover” she exclaimed rather too loudly, “that’s what”.

“All right, keep your voice down” said Oliver quietly, “the DCI’s door is open”.

“I know, but he’s out as well. Alan and I were due to continue digging into Justice Robertson’s financial affairs this morning. We’ve only just scratched the surface and Alan tells me last night that he’s being dragged off to Durham today to help Glover out with something and I’m left to get through this lot” she said pointing to a pile of papers.

“I’m sure he didn’t say dragged” smiled Oliver.

“That’s not the point. The point is he was brought in to help with the workload and he’s not here. I don’t suppose you’ve any idea what they’re up to”.

“I think they might be off chasing a wild goose”.

“Really? I don’t know whether to be pleased or annoyed”.

“I thought we’d established how you’re feeling already” he laughed as he wondered across to his desk and put the three photographs down before slipping off his coat.

But Debbie was two steps behind him, clearly not letting go of her annoyance, just yet.

“So they’re wasting their time then?”

Oliver thought about the observation for a few seconds.

“No, maybe I was a little unjust in that statement. DS Glover is chasing a decent lead with, admittedly, strong possibilities. Of course it’s the right move for him to make and it is supported by the DCI”.

“But you think it’ll come to nothing” she declared, as if reading his thoughts.

“I didn’t say that. It may well come to something”.

“But not the killer?”

“I don’t know. I understand why it needs to be looked into, but let’s just say I have some doubts”

“It doesn’t feel right does it?” she asked feeling much calmer.

“Nope. I can’t explain why, so don’t ask. It’s just that I don’t think it fits in very easily with the rest of what we know”.

“Do you want to spend some more time doing that thing that you do”.

Oliver looked at her, totally confused as to what she was on about.

“Don’t look at me like that” she said.

“Sorry Debbie, I have no idea what you’re on about”.

Debbie looked at him, then, without taking her eyes away, shouted across the room to Paul Moore who was drinking coffee at his desk.

“Paul? What’s that thing that Oliver does?”

“You mean the one where he has no idea what’s going on and stands for hours staring at the information on the incident board and cracks the whole case wide open?”

“Yeah, that’s the one”.

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