And None Shall Sleep by Priscilla Masters

Author:Priscilla Masters [Masters, Priscilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781471311406
Publisher: AudioGO
Published: 2012-10-30T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Matthew didn’t ring that night or the following morning, but by now she had learned the pattern. In a day or two he would reappear. Jane’s beseeching and Eloise’s tears always left Matthew confused and guilty. So he never came straight back to her but took a day or two to recover.

And Joanna spent yet another sleepless night; but it was the precursor to a fruitful day, the most productive since Selkirk’s murder.

Mike called at eight thirty, a wide grin on his face. ‘I don’t know what you said to Colclough,’ he chirped, ‘but I’m seconded back to you and Pugh’s got one of the uniformed lads.’

‘Excellent,’ Joanna said. And that was just the beginning of her day’s luck.

During the car journey she told Mike her thoughts from the day before and appreciated his quiet attention, especially when she enlarged on the investigation by the Fraud Squad.

‘It’s been a big venture,’ she said, ‘much bigger than I’d realized. Though why Selkirk needed more money beats me.’

‘Expensive tastes?’

‘Maybe.’ She cast him a swift glance before adding, ‘I’m glad to have you back, Mike. I can think better when you’re around.’

His neck turned puce. ‘I suppose I’d better look on the bright side,’ he replied gruffly. ‘Things could have been worse. I could have had her for a colleague instead of you. The thought of doing the midnight watch with that moustache ...’ He gave a bovine laugh.

‘Watch it,’ she warned. ‘If I thump you with this plaster you’ll know all about it!’

The second bit of luck that day was waiting for her in the main office.

Dawn Critchlow was standing by her desk. ‘Surprise, surprise, Inspector,’ she said. ‘I didn’t expect anything to come up on the search. But the computer found Selkirk did have a criminal record. Apart from the Fraud Squad investigation.’

Joanna looked at her. ‘Really?’

WPC Critchlow nodded. ‘He was involved in a fatal road accident. Five years ago he knocked down and killed a little girl on a school crossing.’ She stopped. ‘He seriously injured the lolly lady, too. She lost both legs. It was all rather horrible. The little girl died on the road, watched by her school friends. Her injuries were pretty horrific, according to the post-mortem. I remember the case quite well. I just hadn’t realized it was the same man. It happened during the lunch break. The girl had been home for her dinner and was returning to school when the accident happened.’

Joanna sensed there was more. ‘Go on,’ she said. ‘Selkirk didn’t stop, he drove on. There were lots of people around and they took his number and got a description too.’ She hesitated. ‘The feeling amongst police and the general public was that Selkirk had been way over the legal alcohol limit at the time of the accident. He’d been out to lunch with friends. They all swore he had only had two single whiskies. He was picked up an hour after the accident, at home, swigging from a bottle. Of course the prosecution could not prove .

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