DEAD MONEY by TERESA HUNTER

Author:TERESA HUNTER [HUNTER, TERESA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

1 pm Thursday, November 1,

Glasgow

I filed the interview from the airport, and headed home. The phone rang at 9pm. It was Pitcher.

“Strathclyde believe the body is Livingstone. DNA results have come in. Positive ID tomorrow.”

“What took them so long?” I said, but he was gone.

I didn’t waste time trying to get confirmation. He was a prime police source. That was good enough. I called Ludgate, and agreed to file a news story within the next 20 minutes.

As I logged on to my computer, an email came in from the Financial Watchdog. Sherlock had gone into wind-up. The company was liquidating.

I called Ludgate back. “Wrap it all up,” he said.

So I did, and the paper splashed with the story of the identification of actuary Donald Livingstone, as the body pulled out of the Clyde, and the collapse of his company, Sherlock. Inside, we had the first exclusive interview with the widow.

Strathclyde police called before I was out of bed.

“Who gave you a positive identification?” an angry copper snarled down the line. I implied it had been a luck guess. He was far from satisfied, but the division confirmed the story with a general release an hour later.

A congratulatory email was in my inbox, when I arrived at the office. Ludgate sounded like the cat that got the cream. We had annihilated the opposition.

He called later that morning. “I’ve got a tedious banking dinner at the Mansion House, tonight, 7.30pm. Black tie. Someone here’s dropped out. Would you like to come with me?”

“Sure,” it was never smart to say “No” to the boss.

“You’ll need an invite. I’ll see you outside.”

The next email to land was from Alexander Ross informing me he would be in London on Monday, and suggesting we meet up.

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