An Old Score: A fast-paced gritty crime thriller of deception and lies (Retribution Book 1) by Edie Baylis

Author:Edie Baylis [Baylis, Edie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Athame Press
Published: 2020-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

JONAH SCROLLED THROUGH the local news feed on the internet, his forehead furrowing. This wasn’t what he’d been hoping to see.

He always had his eyes and ears open for anything that may concern his club, along with developments and possible openings for any part of the business, not to mention whispers of criminal activity which might shout up handy leads to what rival firms were up to; hints of possible opportunities on the horizon, trouble coming his way or anyone who looked like they were edging towards infringing on his territory.

Not that he’d ever had many problems with the latter. Any firm worth their salt respected each other’s boundaries and didn’t go looking for trouble, himself included. Every now or then there would be the odd one pushing their luck – invariably foreigners, but on the whole there was usually little point of concern on that angle. Most trouble came from within, as his father’s own experience with Michael Fucking Pointer had proven.

That alone made him more edgy than most over loyalty and trust. But today was different. The local headlines were definitely centred on him.

Well, not him, per se, but courtesy of what he’d sanctioned - both the hospitalised kid and the concern surrounding the missing estate agent were solely on his back.

Sure, he’d instructed Nero and Keith to get things moving by doing whatever necessary to move things forward, but they’d drawn attention with these two and the worst thing of all was that he was still no nearer to getting what he wanted. At least there was no connection between him, his business or anyone to do with him and the two latest newsworthy articles. Yet...

Jonah ran his fingers through his hair. This was the age-old problem when business ran into civilian territory. Civilians were missed and things got noticed.

From what Nero had said when filling him in first thing with more details then he’d been able to give over the blower last night, he hadn’t been too happy that Keith had gone in at the deep end. The lad in the coma was one thing. The kid most likely had a glass jaw to start with – those type always did, but finishing off the suit because of an insult was another.

Keith was a loose cannon in situations such as these – more diplomacy and control was needed where the great unwashed public were concerned, so perhaps Keith hadn’t been the best choice to work alongside Nero on this particular case after all. But then, he understood the reasoning too. From what had been said, the suit wasn’t ever going to talk and if they’d let him walk, it was almost a dead cert he’d have run to the Old Bill, so there hadn’t been too much choice in the outcome.

Jonah frowned. He’d just have to rely that a decent enough job had been undertaken on the clean-up operation. Nero had called in their best guys who frequently dealt with situations such as this and he had every faith in their ability to leave no traces.

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