Sebastian Bergman 01 Dark Secrets by Hjorth Rosenfeldt

Author:Hjorth Rosenfeldt [Rosenfeldt, Hjorth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General, Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 9781743362389
Publisher: Pier 9
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Haraldsson was shivering in his green Toyota outside Axel Johansson’s address, even though he was wearing long johns and a fleece sweater under his padded jacket. He clutched his coffee mug. The first real warmth of spring had begun to filter through during the day, but the evenings and nights were still cold.

Haraldsson felt he had played a large part in the fact that the day had resulted in a call being put out for Johansson. A very large part. His contribution had been absolutely crucial. It was his work in tracing the sender of the email that had led Riksmord to Palmlövska High, and thus to the sacked caretaker. Torkel Höglund had nodded to him and given him a little smile when he walked past in the afternoon, but that was all. Apart from that, no one had given him the credit he deserved for providing the information that led to a breakthrough in the investigation. He wasn’t surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised. Haraldsson knew he would never get any appreciation for his work. Not from Torkel and his colleagues, at any rate. How would it look if one of the locals solved the case under the very noses of Riksmord?

Before he’d limped home Haraldsson had checked with Hanser to find out if the search for Johansson included twenty-four-hour surveillance on the suspect’s place of residence. It didn’t. The first phase had merely involved a message to all personnel asking them to be extra vigilant during their normal patrols and call-outs. They had contacted friends, neighbours and relatives and said that they would like to speak to Axel, but they had been careful to emphasise that he was not suspected of anything at the moment. Whether his home was placed under surveillance was a matter for Riksmord to decide.

Haraldsson made his own decision immediately. It was obvious the man was deliberately staying away. Innocent people didn’t do that, and what Haraldsson did in his free time and where he spent the night was his own affair.

So now he was sitting here.

In his Toyota.

Shivering.

He toyed with the idea of starting the car and driving around for a while just to get some heat going, but then there was always the risk that he would miss Axel Johansson if he came home. Simply sitting there and running the engine for a few minutes was out of the question, partly because the suspect might react to the fact that there was a car chugging away outside his apartment block so late at night, and partly because it was only permitted to run the engine for one minute in town. That would be a minor offence, of course, but even so. Rules and laws were there to be obeyed. Besides which, it was completely unjustifiable from an environmental point of view. To warm himself up Haraldsson poured a little more coffee into his cup. Wrapped his hands around it. He should have worn gloves.

He breathed warm air onto his hands and looked at the dressing.

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