SEVEN DEADLY THINGS (Henry & Sparrow Book 3) by A D FOX

Author:A D FOX [FOX, A D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SPARTILLUS
Published: 2021-05-12T22:00:00+00:00

21

The Bluecoats’ morning meeting had never been quite like this. For a start, a uniformed police officer was sitting in on it. Gary said good morning to all eleven of them as they settled uneasily on the low seats lining the walls. Then he retreated behind his desk and let the constable stand up and take over.

‘First of all, I want to say thank you,’ said PC O’Neill. ‘You were all a great help last night, evacuating the holidaymakers and seeing to it that nobody got too upset. We really appreciated your professionalism. Couldn’t have done it without you.’

He smiled at them all and Ellie felt a sense of unreality, not helped by her lack of sleep.

‘Now, I know you’ve all already given a brief statement to my colleagues — and I know that between you all there wasn’t much to tell us. I gather none of you knew the victim or had even met her. Are you all still sure of that? I know that you take it in turns to meet and greet at the reception area in the pavilion… are you all sure you didn’t see this woman at any point during your shift yesterday?’

He held up an A4-sized print of an attractive, dark-haired woman in her 20s; sporty and fit-looking. Everyone shrugged and shook their heads.

‘We say hello to hundreds of people,’ said Nettie. ‘She might have come in, but we just don’t remember her.’

‘You should be aware that Julie Everall was herself a Bluecoat here seven years ago,’ went on PC O’Neill. ‘We don’t know if this is relevant to her murder but it’s possible that it is. Now… we’re not in a situation where we’re asking for the closure of an entire holiday village because of this.’

Gary blew his cheeks out and shook his head.

‘In all likelihood this is the end of it — until we find the person who did this.’

‘How did she die?’ asked Ellie.

‘I’m not able to share any details with you, I’m afraid. Only that her death was not by natural causes and not by her own hand,’ he said.

‘So what about Martin?’ said Ellie. ‘Are you still saying his death was by his own hand? Because I don’t believe it. I never did believe it.’

‘Obviously last night’s incident has thrown a different light on Martin Riley’s death,’ said the PC. ‘We’re not ruling out a link. Which means that you must all be careful to look out for each other.’

‘You mean there’s a Bluecoat serial killer?’ gasped Jenny, always good for a bit of drama.

‘I don’t mean that,’ he said. ‘But to be on the safe side, you all need to stay in pairs and make sure nobody is out wandering on their own after hours, OK? Everyone clear on that?’

‘Oh yeah — we’re clear!’ said Nettie.

‘And if you see anything suspicious… you need to let us know. Right away. Even if you think it’s silly and even if it turns out to be nothing, that doesn’t matter. We need to know.

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