The Ghost Village Murders (Dorset Crime Book 9) by Rachel McLean
Author:Rachel McLean [McLean, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ackroyd Publishing
Published: 2023-08-30T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
One squad car and a police van were already at Tyneham Village when Dennis and Stanley arrived.
Dennis felt his heart sink. He hated it when he was last on the scene.
âRight,â he said. âYou stay here, Iâll go and speak to the officer in charge.â
He got out of his car and walked towards the vehicles just as a woman emerged from the squad car.
He gave her a nod. âPS Dewberry.â
âDennis. We havenât been here long, if thatâs what youâre wondering.â
He looked around the car park. Other than the three police vehicles, including his own, it was empty.
âNo sign of your DC Vedra,â Sergeant Dewberry said.
Dennis frowned. âMaybe thereâs another car park.â
Dewberry shook her head. âThe only places you can leave a car are on the road coming in, and right here.â
âDid you see her car coming the other way as you arrived?â
âIf Iâd seen her, Iâd have told you.â
Dennis felt his skin prickle. He took out his phone and dialled Meera.
Voicemail.
He put a hand to his neck, feeling a chill run down it.
Meera, where are you?
He typed out a text message to her: DC Brown and I are at Tyneham. Please report your whereabouts asap.
Stanley was emerging from the car. Dennis waved him back inside. Itâs not safe.
He turned to PS Dewberry. âAny sign of the two men she was following?â
âNone.â
âShe reported a white van.â
âWe havenât seen it.â
âHave youââ
âIâve phoned it in, Dennis. Along with DC Vedraâs car. If either of them are spotted, weâll know.â
âI want to check the barn.â
Dewberry nodded. âIs that where they were when she was watching them?â
âIt is.â
Dennis turned and gestured for Stanley to get out of the car. He didnât like this. David Watson hadnât been seen for weeks. Now heâd turned up at an unrelated crime scene, talking to a PSD officerâ¦
But then heâd disappeared again. Along with one of their own team.
âStanley,â he said as the DC approached. âApparently thereâs no sign of Meera, or the men she was following.â
âDI Collingwood?â
Dennis shook his head.
Stanley turned back towards the car. âWe should go looking for her, Sarge.â
âWhere exactly do you suggest we start?â Dennis could feel his heart rate rising. âNo. We stay here. Uniform are looking for her.â He hesitated. âIâll need to tell the boss.â
âWhat dâyou want me to do?â
âGo to the barn where she was watching them. The house too, where they found DC Dugdale. Why arenât FSI here?â
âThey finished yesterday, Sarge. The crime sceneâs been fully investigated.â
Dennis looked past the DC towards the village and the house where DC Dugdale had been found.
Poor woman.
Sheâd been quiet in his interview. Almost like she wasnât even present.
Was that normal, for her and Collingwood? Was it how they operated?
Or was she scared of him?
He drummed his fingertips against the side of his head. Watson meeting Collingwood.
Think, man.
Why would the two of them be meeting? Could Watson be a witness for PSD, providing evidence against a corrupt officer whoâd been working with one of the gangs?
Or was there more to it?
Either way, they had to find Meera.
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