Strip Jack by Ian Rankin

Author:Ian Rankin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Police Procedural, Police, Mystery & Detective, Edinburgh (Scotland), General, Fantasy, Politicians, Inspector (Fictitious Character), Mystery Fiction, Traditional British, Suspense, Rebus, Fiction, Short Stories, Missing Persons
ISBN: 9780312545239
Published: 2011-06-20T01:36:20+00:00

7

Duthil

Rebus telephoned Edinburgh to make his report and request an extra day's stay up north. Lauderdale sounded so impressed that the car had been found that Rebus forgot to tell him about the break-in at the lodge. Then, once Alec Corbie had arrived home (drunk and in charge of a vehicle -but let that pass), he'd been arrested and taken to Dufftown. Rebus seemed to be stretching the local police like they'd never been stretched before, so that Detective Sergeant Knox had to be diverted from the lodge and brought to the farm instead. He looked like an older brother of Constable Moffat, or perhaps a close cousin.

'I want forensics to go over that car,' Rebus told him. 'Priority, the lodge can wait.'

Knox rubbed his chin. 'It'll take a tow-truck.'

'A trailer would be better.'

I'll see what I can do. Where will you want it taken?'

'Anywhere secure and with a roof.'

'The police garage ?'

'It'll do.'

'What exactly are we looking for?'

'Christ knows.'

Rebus went back into the kitchen, where Mrs Corbie was sitting at the table studying an array of burnt cakes. He opened his mouth to speak, but kept his silence. She was an accessory, of course. She'd lied to him to protect her son. Well, they had the son now, and he was the one that mattered. As quietly as he could, Rebus left the farmhouse and started his car, staring through the windscreen at his bonnet, where one of the chickens had left him a little gift...

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