[DCI Tom Douglas 03.0] Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott

Author:Rachel Abbott [Abbott, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
ISBN: 9780957652231
Google: x8d4oAEACAAJ
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Goodreads: 20808520
Publisher: Black Dot Publishing
Published: 2014-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

31

With a weary groan Becky pushed the keyboard away from her and stretched her arms above her head. It was time to go home. It had been a frustrating day, but try as she might she couldn’t find a connection between the multiple threads of information that had been revealed over the last fourteen hours, and maybe a good night’s sleep was what she needed.

She shuffled the papers on her desk together into a pile and grabbed her bag from the bottom drawer. And then her mobile rang.

‘Bugger,’ she muttered. ‘Is there no peace for the wicked?’

She grabbed the phone and turned it round to check who was calling. Unless it was somebody important they could sod off. It was Tom.

As Becky listened to what he was saying, she felt the heavy weight of her tiredness dissolve. Tom had identified the woman at the guest house. Was this the breakthrough they had been waiting for? Please, please, she prayed to a God she didn’t really believe in.

Sophie Duncan.

Becky had never heard of her personally, but finding out where she lived should be a doddle as she was an army officer.

Nic was still hanging around making himself useful – unlike some others on the team. But then, he was career hungry rather than career disillusioned, so as soon as she had tracked down Sophie’s address she called him over, keen to share her excitement at the latest development with somebody.

‘This woman might just be able to answer all our questions. DCI Douglas said he’d meet us there, but I don’t think we need him at the moment. We’ll see what Captain Duncan has to say about why she was pretending to be Olivia Brookes, and then decide if we need to call the boss. Okay with you?’

Nic looked overjoyed. Poor bugger couldn’t have much else to do on a Sunday evening – a bit like Becky herself. As she grabbed her keys and walked out of the airless incident room, she realised that since leaving London she hadn’t been on a single night out, with the exception of the celebration after their success with the rapist case earlier in the week. Was that really only a couple of days ago? Anyway, that was something else she was going to sort out. She was going to move on and get herself a social life.

‘Ready?’ she shouted to Nic, who was gathering together his stuff.

As they drove across Manchester, Becky ran through everything she thought they should ask Sophie Duncan.

‘Primarily, we want to know why she was pretending to be Olivia Brookes. But we also need to know if she has any idea where Olivia really is, and who the hell came visiting during the week. That could be totally irrelevant – it could just be Sophie’s boyfriend or something. But I want to know. I’d like you to take notes, Nic, but don’t ask any questions. If you think I’ve missed something, have a quiet word and tell me. I may well

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