Blood on the Cards by Chris O'Donoghue

Author:Chris O'Donoghue [O'Donoghue, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boghopper Books
Published: 2020-03-24T22:00:00+00:00

‘You say you found them in the stove?’

‘That’s correct.’

‘I suppose he was trying to burn the evidence.’

Lewis could only agree. ‘So it seems.’

‘Right. Let’s see what the pikey has got to say about this.’

-0-

‘You can’t keep me here any longer – I know my rights,’ Boswell growled.

‘Is that so, sunshine?’

‘Yes, it bloody well is. You know you haven’t got any evidence against me so you’re going to have to let me go.’ He started rising.

‘Not so fast. Sit down!’

Parker’s menacing tone took the man by surprise and he flopped back in his chair.

‘I was prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt. You really took me in. But things have changed.’

‘What do you mean? Boswell’s brows were knitted together; suspicion written across his features.

‘We’ve got the evidence.’

‘Oh yeah? Where?’

‘Here.’ The DI slipped the pack out of his pocket and placed it on the table between them.

‘What’s that?’

‘As if you didn’t know.’ Parker grinned, shook the cards out and spread them out in a fan.

Boswell stared uncomprehendingly. ‘They’ve got nothing to do with me.’

‘That’s just where you’re wrong.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘They were found in the stove in your caravan. How do you account for that?’ Parker sat back in his chair, arms folded across his chest, a fixed Cheshire cat-like grin plastered across his face.

‘Listen. I’ve never seen them before.’

‘A likely tale. See where they’re charred?’ Parker prodded the nearest card where the corner had been burned away.

Boswell stared but didn’t speak.

‘You obviously tried to get rid of the evidence but didn’t succeed.’ Parker’s voice was joyful. He celebrated by lighting up.

Boswell shook his head disbelievingly. ‘You cannot be serious?’

‘You’d better believe it. This is damning evidence. On its own it might not prove conclusively that you did for both those fortune tellers. But I can tell you, I’m expecting more of the same.’

‘How’s that?’

‘We’re going to take your lovely caravan and your smart pickup apart, until we find what we need,’ Parker said triumphantly.’

‘How dare you!’ Boswell hissed and lunged forward.

The DI was just quick enough to jerk back before the other man could grasp his throat. There was a scuffle as Weeks and a constable standing by the door leapt in and thrust him back in his chair. Parker let out a breath. ‘Easy sunshine! No point in losing your rag. You know I’m right. I’m afraid you’re not going anywhere in a hurry.’ He nodded to the constable. ‘Take him down to the cells. I’ve got evidence to find.’

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