Confession (The Mark Pemberton Cases Book 3) by Nicholas Rhea

Author:Nicholas Rhea [Rhea, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Agora Books
Published: 2019-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Rather nervously, Pemberton invited Mr Browning into the duty inspector’s office and bade him be seated. Taking a deep breath, he began. ‘Mr Browning, there’s been a development, not a very pleasant one from your point of view. I’m sorry to have to impart this news—’

‘The brakes, you mean? Was it sabotage after all?’

‘No, I’m not referring to the accident. It’s about a murder enquiry that is under way in Rainesbury — you know about it?’

‘Yes, I do. The prostitute. I’ve seen it in the papers,’

Pemberton paused, took another deep breath and continued. ‘In every murder case, Mr Browning, there are lots of suspects, people whom we have to eliminate in order to track down the real killer. Innocent people, Mr Browning, people who were in the vicinity at the time, for example, personal enemies, business acquaintances, a whole range of people. They’re all brought into our net and questioned. I’m sure you appreciate the need for that.’

‘Yes, I think so.’

There was a puzzled frown on Mr Browning’s face as he slowly began to appreciate the direction of Pemberton’s statements.

‘Your son’s movements have brought him into focus — with others, I might add. You know that already, I’m sure. Even though he is dead, we need to eliminate him from our enquiries. I’m sure you realise that it is necessary to interview and eliminate lots of people during the process of bringing the killer to justice.’

‘Yes, I can understand that.’

‘In James’s case, it means I must retain all his personal belongings, for the time being that is. I must also seal his flat and the garage where he kept his Roadster. We have to examine everything he owned, all that he used, to make sure nothing belonging to him was used in the crime.’

‘Are you saying you think James killed the girl and then deliberately ran into that tree?’

‘No, we remain confident the accident was the result of brake failure, Mr Browning.’

‘I do hope so. James is — was — no killer, Mr Pemberton! I’d stake my own life on that; he’s — he was — much too gentle, much too caring. You know he worked for charities? I’m sure you realise he could not have done such a thing.’

‘Yes, but that’s what I need to prove, Mr Browning. It’s not easy for us, having to make these kinds of enquiries, because people believe we think the subjects of our enquiries are guilty. It’s usually not the case. Invariably, we know they are innocent but we have to prove it. But when a man has been close to the scene of a murder at the material time, we must go through certain rather upsetting procedures in order to identify the guilty. Now, to eliminate your son, we need to talk to his friends. We have their names and addresses, thanks to the address book we found in his flat. We understand that one of his friends, his best friend perhaps, is called Hugh Dawlish. James has a photograph of himself with the man I believe is Hugh Dawlish.

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