Night Rounds by Helene Tursten

Author:Helene Tursten
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781616950071
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2012-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

THEY STARTED AT exactly 7:00 A.M. Everyone from Criminal Investigation as well as a Canine Unit convened to search the building from top to bottom. Another Canine Unit was assigned to the ravine.

The superintendent had collected the entire group in the basement, right outside the elevator door. “I talked to the technicians yesterday evening. They’ve already gone over the entire basement, the elevator, the stairway up to the ICU, and the entire ICU ward. We’re going through the entire place one more time, every nook and cranny in this entire building, anywhere someone could hide a body.”

Andersson surveyed his people. No matter how used to death they were, confronting it always lead to sorrow and depression. He sucked in another lungful of air. “We’ve gotten a master key from Bengtsson, the security guard. For our benefit he’s also made available separate keys for each floor. Fredrik and Jonny will take the basement. The dog unit is also going to start in the basement and move on up. Birgitta and Hannu will go through the polyclinic and the entrance level. I’ll take the care ward and the ICU, which is probably the least likely place she’ll be found. If she’s even here. Irene and Tommy will check surgery and the other rooms on the top floor.”

Each team took its specific keys and scattered throughout the hospital building.

Irene and Tommy left Andersson at the care ward and continued up to the top floor. Outside the surgical ward, they saw a young nurse trying to edge a gurney in through the doors. Tommy rushed forward and politely held the door open for her.

“Thanks,” she said. “The automatic door isn’t working. These old wires and fuses break down regularly.” She smiled with sparkling energy at Tommy. Once she’d pushed the gurney inside, she turned in the doorway and asked, “Why are you here so early in the morning?”

Tommy inclined his head. “We’re going through the entire hospital with a fine-toothed comb. Didn’t you read the paper this morning?”

The nurse shook her head, surprised.

“Well, a murdered woman was found yesterday underneath the bridge at the back of the hospital’s park.”

“Good Lord! Terrible! Is it … was it … Linda?”

“No, a homeless woman. We’ve found out she sometimes slept out there in the garden shed. Had you heard any rumors about that?”

“No. I didn’t even know that there was a shed. Not until the fire there, at least.”

“Who told you about the fire?”

“Folke Bengtsson. He knows everything that goes on here.”

“And you never heard a thing about the homeless woman?”

“No.” The nurse’s voice showed her distraction. She expertly slid the gurney against the wall to leave just enough room so another could pass. The hallway was certainly narrow. On the left were two operating rooms and on the right storage rooms and an office. The hallway gave the impression of being crowded and overstuffed.

“If you want to look around the operating rooms, you’ll have to change clothes. If you’re just going to stay in the hallway, please put on foot coverings,” the nurse said.

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