The Bullet That Missed: (The Thursday Murder Club 3) by Richard Osman
Author:Richard Osman [Osman, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Amateur Sleuth, Traditional, Women Sleuths, Cozy, General, Humorous, Thrillers, Crime, Small Town & Rural, Friendship
ISBN: 9780241992395
Google: pehBEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2022-09-14T23:00:00+00:00
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âBut how do you murder someone in a prison?â asks Mike Waghorn.
Andrew Everton has done what he promised and made a few enquiries about Heather Garbutt. They are on the pier in Fairhaven, cups of tea in hand. Mike nods âhelloâ to a few excited passers-by.
âEasier than youâd think,â says Andrew Everton, trying to blow through the tiny hole in the lid of his cup. âThough Iâve got the Home Office asking me the same questions now.â
âThere was no CCTV? Someone going into her cell?â Mike is opening a skate park at eleven a.m., and Andrew Everton agreed to meet him beforehand. Mike is aware that not everybody has the Chief Constable at their beck and call. Perks of the job.
âCCTV everywhere,â says Andrew Everton. âBut the one we need has mysteriously gone âmissingâ. Two hours of Heather Garbuttâs landing just erased.â
âJesus,â says Mike. âThat sort of thing common?â
âUsed to be more common,â says Andrew Everton. âBut it still happens. A few quid in someoneâs pocket to erase the data.â
âBut that suggests definitely murder,â says Mike. âThat and the note she wrote?â
âYouâd think so,â agrees Andrew Everton.
âIt must be connected to Bethany,â says Mike, waving to a woman on a mobility scooter. âHas to be, doesnât it? Heather Garbuttâs about to get out of prison, she fears for her life, and then sheâs dead?â
âHonestly,â says Andrew Everton, âin prison, you never know. Itâs its own world. But, put me on the spot and Iâd say yes, it has to be connected. Thatâs not my official line, thatâs as a friend.â
âAppreciate it, Andrew,â says Mike. âSo catch whoever killed Heather Garbutt and maybe we catch whoever killed Bethany?â
âMaybe,â says Andrew Everton. He watches a young man in a tracksuit idle his way along the pier, hands in deep pockets. Whereâs he off to this early in the morning? Whatâs in those pockets of his? The end of the pier is a good place for a private meeting. Whoâs this lad meeting? Andrew misses being out on the streets sometimes, back in the thick of things, trusting his instincts. He likes being a politician, but he misses being a detective.
âSo who could get access to her cell?â Mike asks.
âWarders,â says Andrew Everton. âWeâre looking into them. Other prisoners, if theyâre trusted.â
âAnother prisoner could have murdered her?â
âLot of murderers in prison,â says Andrew Everton.
âBut to disable the CCTV as well? Surely a prisoner couldnât do that?â
âSome prisoners are better connected than others,â says Andrew Everton.
âSo another prisoner could just walk into her cell, pick up the knitting needles, and ââ
âDo you mind?â asks a man in decoratorsâ overalls, holding out a phone. âI wouldnât normally, but my mumâs such a fan.â
Mike nods, then smiles for a selfie with the man.
âIâll keep at it, Mike,â says Andrew Everton. âI promise.â
The man in the overalls walks on towards the café. He stops to put a tin down by some ornate ironwork covered in peeling paint, begins scraping it away and rubbing it down. The boy in the tracksuit joins him, takes a brush from his deep pockets and starts painting.
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