A Quiver Of Sorrows: A British Murder Mystery (DI Declan Walsh Crime Thrillers Book 12) (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh) by Jack Gatland

Author:Jack Gatland [Gatland, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hooded Man Media
Published: 2022-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Billy and Jess were with Declan and De’Geer when Monroe entered the room, all gathered around Billy’s portable monitor setup.

‘This looks interesting,’ Monroe said, pouring himself a coffee. ‘Is Billy doing a show and tell?’

‘Not yet, Guv,’ Billy grinned. ‘But we might have something. I’m going through Jess’s notes, as she’s been word crunching for me.’

Monroe nodded as Declan and De’Geer walked over to him.

‘So, it was the manager, Flick McCarthy,’ Monroe said. ‘She sent the papers the press release, trying to sort damage limitation for her dead client. She used Sampson because she didn’t expect us to turn up.’

He looked around.

‘Where are the others?’

‘Anjli and Cooper are checking Pryce and Crock’s rooms, sir,’ De’Geer replied officiously. ‘Bullman and Doctor Marcos are still in the tent area.’

‘And you’re here because …?’

‘Because I asked him to wait.’ Billy looked around from the computer. ‘As I said, I might have something, and it’s a possible motive.’

‘Oh, I like possible motives,’ Monroe smiled. ’Show and tell, laddie. Show and tell.’

‘Okay,’ Billy turned fully now to face Declan, De’Geer and Monroe, while Jess carried on scrolling through a list on an iPad. ‘When we started last night, I didn’t have much to go on, and we were looking for anything.’

‘Aye, I get that.’

‘So, I started looking through previous TV shows Montgomery Pryce was in. Seeing if there were any coincidences, or problems with the cast, anything.’

‘I’m guessing you found something?’

‘Well, Robert Standish was involved with both Young Robin and Hooded Outlaw, and there were a couple of things here and there, but nothing major,’ Billy said. ‘But, by that point, I was examining Young Robin. We know when Hooded Outlaw was created, it was supposed to be a direct sequel, right? But Pryce didn’t want the actors who were with him in the old show to gain success again. There was a different Sheriff, so that was easy, and the only characters they had that would have crossed over were Marion, Tuck and Little John, as the others weren’t used in the former.’

‘Okay,’ Monroe sat down. ‘I can see there’s motive here, but we’re talking over thirty years since they lost their jobs. Why kill him now?’

‘Well, to be honest, I don’t know if they were the killers, but I wanted to check everything anyway.’ Billy turned to the computer, tapping on the keyboard. ‘Felicity Marshall played Marion, she was sixteen when she got the part, was a teenage Olympic-hopeful archer when she was cast, and it looks like she acted little afterwards. And Michael Bailey was Little John. He did a few things before and after, mainly one-shots in things like Doctor Who or The Bill, nothing as big as he had, pardon the pun, as Little John. His last role, in fact, was some small-budget movie with Montgomery Pryce, a couple of years before Hooded Outlaw, and directed by Robert Standish.’

‘They would have been planning the show then,’ Declan commented. ‘Bailey might have even lost the role while filming. That could have made him angry enough to kill.

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