Desperate Ground: an explosive must-read thriller by L J Morris

Author:L J Morris [Morris, L J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2018-04-30T05:00:00+00:00

The young FBI analyst didn’t bother to knock this time. He threw open the door and rushed in. ‘Sir, you need to see this.’

Thomas Johnson was on the phone and held up a hand to try and calm the analyst while he finished the call.

Tyler hopped from one foot to the other, getting more and more agitated. ‘Sir, this is important.’

Johnson nodded and pointed to the chair in front of his desk while he carried on with his phone call. ‘Yes…I agree…I think it would be in all our interests if we—’

Tyler couldn’t wait any longer. ‘SIR, please.’

Johnson looked at the young man. This wasn’t like him. He was normally quiet and didn’t like to interrupt. ‘I have to go, something’s come up.’ He put the phone on its cradle. ‘What is it, Robert?’

Tyler placed several sheets of paper on the desk. ‘It’s the motel shootout, sir.’

‘What have you found?’

‘You remember we decided to ask the local sheriff to swing by the Quinn ranch to ask if she had seen Sinclair?’

‘Yes, I remember. I also said don’t spend too long on this.’

‘Well, I wanted to chase them up, so I phoned again this morning. They sent a deputy over there yesterday.’

‘What did he find out?’

‘That’s the thing, sir. They haven’t heard from him in over twenty-four hours.’

‘Have they asked Quinn if she’s seen him?’

‘They tried to, but there’s no one at the ranch.’

Johnson got the feeling that Tyler might be on to something. There were too many coincidences and unexplained events. The last thing he wanted was his bosses asking him why he hadn’t followed it up. ‘I want you to get all of the data you’ve found into a file so we can track this.’

‘Yes, sir. But that’s not all.’

Johnson sat forward in his seat. ‘You’ve got more?’

Tyler passed over another sheet of paper. There was a photo in the top left-hand corner and the name Liam Quinn. ‘That’s Josephine Quinn’s husband. He was reported missing at sea, with his children, over a month ago.’

‘Why is the Bureau looking at this?’

‘Quinn is the CEO of a defence company. Let’s just say they have some pretty high-profile friends in Washington.’

‘Do we have any leads as to what happened to them?’

Tyler produced a fresh sheet from the printer. ‘We don’t know what happened, but this has just come in. A body has been found, washed-up on the beach in Galveston. Looks like it’s him.’

Johnson read the report. This was shaping up to be the kind of job that warranted an investigation into why things hadn’t been spotted earlier, the kind of investigation that ended with a scapegoat having to resign. He wasn’t going to be that scapegoat. ‘Get in touch with Halloran; he’s down there. Tell him to get to the beach and see what he can find out.’

‘Yes, sir.’ Tyler stood up and left the office, closing the door behind him.

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