London Calling: London Calling Private Investigator Crime Thriller Series Book 2 by Solomon Carter

Author:Solomon Carter [Carter, Solomon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Great Leap
Published: 2017-03-10T18:30:00+00:00

Parker wilted underneath Dan’s suspicious gaze. But the moment had to come soon, because as sure as eggs were eggs, his time was fast running out.

Sixteen

Dying for a Pint

With the hotel bills stacking up, concerns about the kid and his newfound girlfriend back at the office, and the small matter of Parker’s attempted fraud, Dan wanted to wrap things up and get out quick. But Dan also knew to go forwards, sometimes you have to go back. Nonetheless, it was time to ramp things before they lost control of the case altogether. But with the case still offering two teasing lines of enquiry, a division of labour was the order of the day. Eva was due back to Smiths College, New Cross. Eva called the college and pretended to be police. An old and dangerous wheeze if they took a number and called your bluff, but it often got results. The college told her Anna was attending today. And while Eva dealt with the human side of the investigation, Dan would be the bloodhound on the hunt for more evidence. But returning to the crime scene was going to be risky, and this late in the game, maybe pointless too. But for peace of mind, Dan needed to try.

Risky? It was going to be even riskier taking a doddery old man with him, but Dan didn’t think he had any choice. Parker had become a liability of the worst kind, and because they’d brought him so close, Dan guessed it was probably worse to leave him unattended, especially after the bank account stunt. Ill or not, before the day was out the old man was going to get both barrels and he deserved whatever he got. But to get the result he wanted, Dan needed to use strategy, the right time, right place, and right words or any confrontation would only backfire. And Lord knew they didn’t need any more Parker problems than they had already.

They took the train to Blackheath and walked along, two men in each other’s close company, but uncomfortably silent. Both had a lot on their minds and wondered what the other was thinking. Parker took deep breaths as he walked, but it was nothing to do with the exercise. The old man took a breath as if he was about to launch into some grand declaration, but thought better of it. It happened three times before they reached the end of terrace house at Malton Road. On the last deep breath, Dan turned, stopped and looked the old man in the eye.

“You got something to say, JP, just go right ahead and say it.”

The old man looked taken aback. He nodded then looked fraught.

“Devon had more money than he let on,” he said finally, with care.

“Devon Parker didn’t have a pot to piss in, Jonathan. I don’t know where you’re getting this crap from, but take it from me, I know. He was willing to sell us out to the worst gangsters in Southend in order to boost his retirement fund.

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