As Good as Dead by Ben Westerham

Author:Ben Westerham [Westerham, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, Murder mystery, private detective, mystery humor, private Investigator, mystery book, detective book, mysteryromance, mystery ebook
Publisher: Ben Westerham
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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As I sat in the taxi on the way back to the Churchill, I weighed up what Ant had said about someone getting hurt before things were done and dusted. It was something I hadn’t given any real thought to beforehand, but now he’d suggested it, I had to agree it made a lot of sense and one thing I needed to make sure of was that it wasn’t me on the receiving end of any pain.

I still had it in my head that if Tony Groves had sent someone down to Brighton to drag Alex back to London, he wouldn’t have sent just one heavy. Surely there would have been at least two of them. Like I’d mentioned to Durham back at the hotel, the most likely scenario was the second pair of hands had been outside the hotel in a motor, waiting to leg it once his mate had rounded up Alex. If that was the case, this other bloke would have reported back to his boss by now and it didn’t take a lot of effort to imagine there were new plans being dreamed up and possibly even put into action already. It also seemed bloody obvious that, this time, Groves’ crew would show up mob-handed. If that happened, all hell could break loose.

The taxi dropped me off at the hotel and I stood outside, looking out at the sea, deep in thought. Sad to say, on this occasion I didn’t manage come up with great ideas, so walked back into the hotel and up to my room, disappointed to find there was no sign of Angela on reception or in the restaurant.

I tried calling Alex on the phone, but got no answer. Probably taking a nap, I decided. There was nothing much on the TV, so I switched on the radio and sat back on the settee to enjoy a few tunes. That didn’t last long. I was restless, getting up, sitting back down, re-reading some of yesterday’s newspaper, even doing a few press-ups, thinking the exercise might help me to unwind. None of it worked. I needed to be doing something to move things on. But what? The coppers were on the case, I’d harassed Scoular and paid a visit to the only person in town who might be able to find some leads for me. Patience is a virtue, or so they say, but I wasn’t feeling very virtuous.

Just when I was thinking there was nothing for it except to take a walk, perhaps have another look at the pier, the phone rang.

“Dave, it’s Ant.”

In a flash, all my frustrations went out the window. I could tell from his tone that Ant had something worthwhile to tell me. A development, at last.

“Ant. That’s quick work. I wasn’t expecting to hear back from you so soon. What you got for me, then?”

“You’re not going to like it.”

“Seems like I never do in these situations. Go on.”

“Things have moved on since your bird’s run in with her uninvited guest.

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