Burial Mound (DI Tremayne Thriller Series Book 7) by Phillip Strang

Author:Phillip Strang [Strang, Phillip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Liz Fairweather was not pleased about Clare phoning late at night.

‘We’ve just spent the day with Monty Yatton,’ Clare said. She had returned to the hotel at six in the evening, had a meal with Tremayne, and then had spent three hours researching anarchy groups of England and their actions, violent or peaceful. The majority appeared to have been strong on rhetoric, weak on action.

‘I gave you his name. I didn’t expect you to contact me about him.’

‘Why did you give me the names of Des Wetherell and Monty Yatton? You must have realised that they’d know it was you and that they’d start asking questions as to why you had involved them.’

‘Did you tell them?’

‘Not directly. Yatton was curious, but we brushed over it. He told us that you had had a fling with him, but he wasn’t the only one. A bit of a tart, he said.’ Clare knew that Yatton hadn’t said that, but she was looking for a reaction from the previously unflappable Liz.

‘I gave you their names because they were more serious than us. Des was capable of going to the next stage, and Monty was smart enough to rig a bomb or a remote-control detonator.’

‘You have proof they committed criminal acts?’

‘No.’

Clare did not believe her. The woman was digging herself in deeper, about to fall into a hole from which there was no escape.

‘Des Wetherell?’ Liz asked.

‘Not yet. After we leave Dundee, we’ll probably meet with him. He’s aware of our interest in him, a letter from his lawyer informing us that Mr Wetherell resents any aspersion that he’s involved in the death of a man he has never met, never heard of.’

‘Does Des know that I gave you his name?’

‘Not from us, he doesn’t.’

‘But he will.’

‘How can we prevent him? He’ll have legal advisors with him, and they’ll not let us hide the truth, even if we want to. You must have known this. Why did you give us those two names, not others?’

‘I just told you. Des was capable of violent action, Monty would have been his able lieutenant, scared to act himself, willing to assist someone else, and in this case, Des.’

‘Liz, you’re holding back. This is not looking good for you and Clive Grantley, and what about Kim? Have you considered where this is heading? How she’ll feel when we arrest the two of you.’

‘We are innocent of all crimes.’

‘Not from where I’m sitting. I’ve gone out of my way to go easy on you. Inspector Tremayne thinks I’ve gone soft, and he’s right, but I can’t let you keep hiding information from me out of misguided loyalty to Clive.’

‘When you get back to Salisbury, we will meet with him, thrash it out, come to a decision and hopefully a solution to the murder of his brother.’

Clare ended the phone conversation and lay on her bed. Sleep was not going to come soon, not that night.

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