ROAD TO NOWHERE_Another Manchester Crime Thriller With A Killer Twist by Steven Suttie

Author:Steven Suttie [Suttie, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

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“What the fuck is that?” DCI Miller was staring up at the news helicopter, cursing under his breath. “Fuck off,” he was mouthing, waving his arm above his head. Miller was furious. This advance on the building where Peter Meyer’s van had been spotted was supposed to be silent, and totally incognito. Dozens upon dozens of police vehicles were on the street with their doors left wide open to keep any noise to a minimum. And here was a helicopter booming directly overhead. Miller was raging, and was even more frustrated that he couldn’t shout or raise his voice, for whatever good that would have done anyway.

Fortunately, Miller’s gestures towards the chopper seemed to have been understood very clearly by the pilot, and he quickly began retreating away from the area. Miller was relieved, but also extremely angry. But that would have to wait. He walked along the road, up to the giant wooden gate that concealed the white van. Peering through the gap, he saw what so many other of the officers had seen. It was definitely the right van.

The van that had smashed Sergeant Knight off his bike.

The van that had transported the injured cyclist back from the middle of Lancashire, and had been spotted on CCTV outside the flats. This was the van. Splattered with blood at the back. The sight of that dried blood sent a shiver down Miller’s spine.

Miller walked back to the ad-hoc rendezvous point that by natural configuration had become base camp. Two tactical aid police vans, a police dog car, an ambulance and the ARU Range Rover were all parked in a square formation.

at the rear was a fire engine which was on standby to provide access to the roof space, should it be required. All this was just a hundred metres or so from the abandoned mill that very probably contained Sergeant Jason Knight.

Miller walked into the middle of the group of officers that were huddled together.

“Hello everyone, I’m DCI Miller.”

The various ranks of police officers, paramedics and fire officer nodded. The “stay quiet” tactic was being respected brilliantly, even though Miller was still furious about the helicopter. That stunt would definitely have alerted the occupants of that mill that something was going on outside.

“What do we know?” asked Miller, looking at the Tactical Aid Sergeant stood closest. The large, six foot, sixteen stone, strapping policeman looked desperate to engage in the impending raid on the premises. He began speaking quietly, his pent–up adrenaline was given away by the speed of his speech.

“We’ve mic’ed the place up as best we can, there’s not much going on in there. Occasionally, we hear a sharp intake of breath, sounds as though it’s a gasp of breath, through teeth.” The sergeant demonstrated, sticking his teeth out and inhaling heavily, making the sound he was trying to describe.

“Just that?” asked Miller, desperate to hear the officer say that the coast was clear and that nobody else was there.

“We’re not sure. The mics are some distance away, so it’s not an exact science.

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