JM06 - Deadly Payback by DS Butler

Author:DS Butler [Butler, DS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: police procedural, UK
Published: 2015-07-19T20:00:00+00:00

26

AS SOON AS HE left the school, Mackinnon pulled out his mobile phone and dialled Tyler’s number.

“Go on,” Tyler said. “Give me the worst of it.”

“I didn’t have much luck,” Mackinnon said. “The only thing that could be of interest was a male pupil who hung himself in either nineteen ninety-one or ninety-two. It could coincide with the time period that Joe and Beverley attended St George’s. Another kid died of an asthma attack the same year. Sandra Diamond is going to check the records and get back to me.”

“Nothing else?” Tyler sounded despondent.

“I’m afraid not. She couldn’t remember any of the other children they hung around with or even tell me whether they were in the same classes for different subjects. For all we know, they may have had nothing to do with each other while they were at the school.”

Tyler exhaled. “Great. I knew it. We’re wasting our time.”

“Have we had any luck on the antivenom front?” Mackinnon asked, thinking of the work Charlotte was doing back at the station.

Tyler huffed out a breath that was half a laugh and half a sigh. “Not bloody likely. You were at the briefing. You heard Brookbank tell me he was happy for Charlotte to keep on digging and find out who had ordered antivenom in the last six months.”

“Yes, I heard him say that. Did he change his mind?”

“You could say that. For the last hour, she’s been checking the DWA licences against a list of ex-students and faculty members from St George’s. Honestly, it’s a complete waste of time.”

“Then tell Brookbank.”

“I’ve tried that,” Tyler said. Mackinnon could tell he was speaking through gritted teeth. “Anyway, there’s no point in me moaning about it. It isn’t going to get me anywhere, is it? I’ll just have to work my way through this list and get this stuff out of the way as quickly as possible so we can focus on other possible leads.”

When Mackinnon got back to the station, Tyler miserably handed him a stack of paper. “This is only part of the list,” he said. “We’ve got contact details and last known addresses. We need to ring every single one of them and try to unearth any connections.”

Mackinnon groaned. It was going to be a long afternoon.

***

The day had dragged on and on, and Tyler couldn’t wait to see the back of it. He’d spent most of the afternoon going through information gathered by the teams of uniforms he’d sent out to interview people who had attended the school.

Brookbank was back in the incident room, overseeing the investigation, and Tyler had decided to call it a night. He had worked late last night and was feeling grumpy and irritable. It would only get worse if he didn’t get any sleep.

He took a couple of files with him, planning to make some house calls himself on the way home and make some headway. He tucked a wedge of papers under his arm, scooped up his keys and headed out into the car park.

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