The Child Taker; Box Set: Two chilling crime thrillers in one unputdownable download. by Conrad Jones

Author:Conrad Jones [Jones, Conrad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Dragon Books
Published: 2015-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

Major Investigation Team

‘Morning, Will.’ Superintendent Alec Ramsay walked into a large open office space, which housed the Major Investigation Team. It was just past seven in the morning and he was all set to face the trials and tribulations of the day ahead. They were three floors up in the fortress-like Canning Place building, situated on the banks of the River Mersey. It was the home of the county’s uniformed and Special Departments senior hierarchy. The MIT office was L-shaped, and the windows were full length, giving it a bright and positive feel. The ambiance helped to lift the team’s spirits as the cases they investigated were the worst possible. It was all too easy to become de-motivated when the details of a gruesome case weighed heavy on their minds. Chasing human monsters could be relentless and frustrating. A handful of dishevelled looking detectives were sat in a semicircle around DI Will Naylor’s desk area.

‘Morning, guv,’ Will replied. He looked tired and his appearance was shabby. It was a sharp contrast to his usual razor-sharp demeanour. His shirt collar was undone, and his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. Dark stubble suggested that he hadn’t shaved for a couple of days. In contrast, the Super looked and smelled like he had just stepped out of the shower. The scent of Fahrenheit wafted in with him.

‘Have you been here all night?’ Alec raised his eyebrows, knowing what the answer was.

‘We’ve been doing some digging.’

‘Well, if one of you good men would like to put the kettle on. I’ll make you all a brew and you can fill me in on what you’ve found out, and then you will all go home, get showered, and shaved, have a few hours sleep, and I don’t want to see you until this afternoon. Is that clear to everyone?’

‘Right, guv,’ a ginger haired detective saluted and headed into the kitchen area. ‘Does everyone want coffee?’ he mumbled as he left the group.

‘By the look of them we’ll need the full pot,’ Alec shook his head and patted each of them on the back as he followed. He was proud of his team. In his opinion, they were the best detectives on the force, and their dedication and commitment never failed to impress him. He returned a few minutes later with a pot of strong black coffee. The ginger officer followed him with a tray holding six mugs. ‘Right then, what’s so important that you haven’t been to bed?’

Alec poured coffee into all six mugs and handed them out to each of his detectives in turn. He picked up the last one for himself and sipped the scalding black liquid as he waited for his DI to gather their findings together. He looked through the full-length window and watched a ferry leaving the Pier Head, white foam frothed behind it as it headed across the river.

‘The plates on the van were genuine, guv. It’s registered to a landscape gardening outfit in Sussex. We ran the usual checks and the company doesn’t exist.

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