The Auction Murders by Roger Silverwood

Author:Roger Silverwood [Silverwood, Roger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime, thriller, and mysteries
Published: 2019-10-30T22:00:00+00:00

10

‘I want to put that woman in the safe house on Beechfield Walk, sir,’ Angel said as he placed a memo on the desk in front of the super.

Superintendent Harker stopped grinding his teeth, picked up the memo and read it. ‘Is she a witness?’

‘No, but she’s the wife of one, and she needs protection while Youel is free.’

He wrinkled his nose, ‘Can only shell out board and lodging to witnesses at risk, you know, lad. Not their entourage. This isn’t the Holiday Inn!’

Angel’s eyes flashed. The skin on the back of his hands tightened. ‘I’ve got a statement from a dying man that will put Youel away for a long time; I promised to see his wife protected until that villain was in custody!’

The super pulled a face like a baby about to cry. ‘Can’t go making wild promises like that, lad,’ he squawked.

‘It wasn’t a wild promise, sir.’

‘Hmmm. It had better be worthwhile. Signed and witnessed is it?’

Angel shook his head. ‘It’s a recording, sir.’

‘A recording! And he’s dying? He’d better live long enough to stand in the box at Youel’s trial, if it’s going to be worth anything at all. If he dies, your recording isn’t worth a stick of liquorice.’

‘It’s enough to charge him with,’ Angel said, his heart pounding.

‘You’ve got to catch him first.’

‘Well, I think I know where he is,’ he replied, heavily.

The super’s little black eyes froze and his bushy ginger eyebrows slid up his forehead. ‘Where?’

‘At Littlemore school. With his son, Sebastian. It’s the only logical place.’

‘Don’t be daft, lad. Pogle’s on obbo there. He would have reported in.’

‘Ah well,’ Angel said slowly. ‘I’m a bit worried about Pogle, sir.’

‘What?’ he bawled.

‘The witness, the man in hospital, Mulholland, said that he was being held by Youel in a big house in the country, north of here. It fits, sir.’

His voice went up an octave. ‘Are you suggesting Pogle is letting Youel come and go and shutting a blind eye to it?’

Angel didn’t answer, but he looked Harker straight in the eye.

‘You’re taking a witness’s word against a DI’s?’ the super spluttered.

‘There’s something else, sir.’

‘There’d better be. And you want to be thankful this conversation is off the record,’ he said pointing a long blue finger.

Angel’s jaw stiffened. ‘Oh no sir. I want it putting on the record … all I’ve already said and what I am going to say now.’

The super ground his teeth harder and harder. If he could have breathed out fire, it would have scorched Angel’s eyebrows.

‘You recall I was ambushed outside the station and offered a bribe by Youel?’

‘Yes.’

‘I had asked transport to organize a lift to take me home, and I was told I’d be picked up at the front. When I got outside, there was a car already waiting for me. It was one of Youel’s cars — not a station car — but I didn’t know that at the time. The driver called out my name; he knew I wanted a lift.’

‘So what? It was coincidence.

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