Border Angels by Anthony J. Quinn

Border Angels by Anthony J. Quinn

Author:Anthony J. Quinn [Quinn, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784088132
Publisher: Head of Zeus


25

Irwin sprang from his seat when Daly entered his office. He had a lukewarm cup of tea in his hand and deposited it beside Daly’s paperwork. He looked pleased with himself.

“I thought you’d be back earlier,” said Irwin. “You might still get the good out of that cuppa.”

Irwin was not a natural tea boy, and Daly suspected he was there purely out of professional curiosity. Glancing at his untidy desk, he wondered if Irwin had been going through his paperwork.

“What did the commander have to say?”

Daly paused. “A few suggestions about the direction of the investigation. That’s all. I think it’s time we reviewed Fowler’s drowning. Go through the evidence again to see if we missed anything.”

“We’ve already examined everything.”

Nevertheless, they spent an hour sorting through the case so far. They dug through Fowler’s life and business dealings, but found little to point to a murderer. Daly picked up the bag containing the opera CD. They had yet to identify the owner of the fingerprints left on the cover.

“This was the music playing when he drowned,” said Daly. “It must have some sort of significance, sentimental or otherwise.”

“For whom? If there was a killer there that morning, perhaps the fingerprints are his,” suggested Irwin.

Daly studied the CD, thinking it was time to visit Mrs. Fowler again.

“I almost forgot,” said Irwin as Daly was about to leave. “A call came through from Customs officers. They raided a farmhouse this morning close to Keady, after a tip-off about an illegal fuel-laundering plant.”

“Did they find anything?”

“The message was unclear. The tip-off claimed a man with a gun had abducted three Croatian women. The place was completely deserted by the time Customs got there. Not as much as a squeak from a rat, but they uncovered an operational fuel-laundering plant with several tankers, also set up for illegal alcohol bottling. They suspect the people working there did a runner across the border.”

“Why didn’t they call us out to assist with the raid?”

“They have to act immediately on this sort of intelligence and swoop; otherwise the evidence will be destroyed.”

“Any more details about the women?”

“Nothing as yet. All they have is the tip-off, and that’s secondhand. It’ll be impossible to get any witnesses. No one will want to incriminate himself.”

“Get back to them and speak to the officers who carried out the raid,” said Daly. “Find out as much information as possible about what happened to those women.”

“OK,” replied Irwin. “The officer in charge of the raid was someone called Dukes, at least that’s what I think the duty sergeant said.” But Daly had already left.



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