Addicted to Death by Matthew Redford

Author:Matthew Redford [Matthew Redford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910782088
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Published: 2015-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Wortel and Dorothy left the interview room some hours later knowing that with every passing minute it was becoming less likely they could find any evidence, visual or forensic, which placed Alexander Pine inside the Strawberry Strip Club. He wasn’t denying confronting Professor Partridge on the evening of his murder, but that was barely enough evidence to justify a warrant to search his house let alone charge him with murder. At best, they would be able to keep him in overnight and have another crack at him in the morning.

Outside the interview room Dorothy and Wortel compared notes and although they had started to feel increasingly despondent, they decided to pin their hopes on an overnight forensic breakthrough. The desk sergeant filled in the paperwork and suggested that Dorothy and Wortel pray to the gods of DNA. It was the most sensible thing they had heard in hours.

Wortel signed the paperwork and he and Dorothy trudged up the stairs back to the office. “I’m going to go and see my new best friends, the celebrity chefs, first thing in the morning. Let’s hope one of them has remembered something. Can I leave it with you to find out as much as you can about Alex Pine and his, well, lady friend, whoever she may be?”

“Lady friend. Really boss. What century are you in?”

“Don’t start, you know what I meant. If you explore that angle can you send one half of tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb to AstraArms to re-interview the colleagues of Benedict Blacktail while the other goes back to Beaconborne Avenue to speak with the neighbours. Let’s ask the neighbours if they remember seeing Professor Partridge at the Blacktails’ home. It’s a long shot but if you don’t ask…”

Dorothy nodded, but stayed silent.

“You think we’re wasting our time don’t you?”

“No, we need to explore those angles. It’s just that we’ve forgotten something.”

“What’s that?” asked Wortel racking his brains.

“Victoria Plum. She’s been a no-show today. Leave it with me. I’ll follow up on why she never came into the station like you asked.”

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