Gone to Ground (DCI BOYD CRIME SERIES Book 6) by Alex Scarrow

Author:Alex Scarrow [Scarrow, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GrrBooks
Published: 2022-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

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‘Okeke’s been suspended?!’

Sutherland shook his head. ‘Not suspended, Boyd. I put it down as sick leave.’ He sighed. ‘In other words, she’s getting paid to do bugger all.’

Boyd looked across at her desk, almost expecting to see a sign hooked onto the back of her chair informing him that her workstation was ‘closed for business’.

‘But why? She can still work on the main floor,’ he protested.

‘Hatcher’s orders,’ Sutherland replied. ‘There’s a personal connection, Boyd. There’s no way she can be wandering around CID while there’s a manhunt going on for her boyfriend. You know that.’

To be honest, he’d known this might happen, although the fact that she’d been removed, rather than redeployed to a smaller station, smacked of Hatcher’s growing panic. Her Madge clearly wanted Okeke well out of the way. Away from interacting with colleagues and most definitely away from interacting with LEDS.

Boyd opened the door to the Incident Room and immediately noticed the Chief Super sitting at the back of the crowded room, cradling a mug of coffee. Her eyes locked on to him.

‘Ma’am,’ he said, nodding at her, and made his way to the digital whiteboard at the front. Minter had a laptop plugged in and the action log open, ready for updates.

‘Morning, everyone,’ Boyd barked over the chatter. ‘Let’s crack on.’ The room quickly quietened down. Hatcher remained perched at the back.

‘Let’s start by running through yesterday’s action points. O’Neal, Fox? Anything on Turner’s gym mates?’

‘Yes, guv,’ DC Fox answered. ‘We got four names to look into. Everyone down in the weights section seems to know everyone else.’ He looked at Minter and grinned. ‘They all know you, sergeant. You’re a bit of a superstar there apparently.’

There was a chuckling across the floor, while Minter tried to ignore them. The whole station knew about the modelling scout and the dubious-looking calling card.

‘All right, that’s enough, folks,’ Boyd cut in. ‘O’Neal?’

‘We have several names – but there’s a Greg Howler at the top of the list. Me and Foxy are going to door-knock him right after this.’

‘Good. Okay. DI Shannon, how’s it going with the background on Turner?’

‘We’ve gone through all the socials on his phone, boss. He has a lot of casual mates, mostly gym mates, pub mates. Louie Collins and Greg Howler seem to be the ones he talked to most on WhatsApp and Messenger. There are no secret girlfriends, or –’

‘Or Okeke would skin him alive,’ Warren cut in.

There was another ripple of amusement.

‘Yeah,’ said Shannon. ‘I mean… most of his messages, the lion’s portion of it, are with DC Okeke. And that’s mostly, you know, personal stuff which… errr…’

‘Which is understandable,’ Boyd interrupted. The room really didn’t need to rake through Okeke and Jay’s private exchanges. ‘Right, so Greg Howler seems to be the next stop. What about search histories? Anything useful there? Any locations to focus on?’

‘Nothing that stands out,’ Shannon replied.

‘Anything about guns? Getting hold of one? Owning one? Any sign of Tor or dark-web browsing?’

Shannon shook his head. ‘But then he’s going out with Okeke…’ He shrugged, then grinned.

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