THE HORSEA MARINA MURDERS a gripping crime thriller full of twists (The Solent Murder Mysteries Book 3) by PAULINE ROWSON

Author:PAULINE ROWSON [ROWSON, PAULINE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime thriller, mystery and suspense
Published: 2022-03-02T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

By the time Horton reached his office it was early evening. It had been a long day with a painful chest and a sore throat that hadn’t improved as the hours had sped by. Marsden had drawn a blank at the cemetery, and Cantelli, who had been scouring the CCTV recordings for the last couple of hours for signs of Brundall’s car in and around that area, had had no joy either. Walters was still trying to track down the muggers, as well as handle a spate of afternoon burglaries in Southsea where thieves had targeted Christmas presents, and DCI Bliss looked as though she was about to have a seizure unless she got some extra officers, or they managed to clear up one case, at least.

Trueman told him there had been words between her and Uckfield behind the closed door and shuttered blinds of the super’s office, and he’d heard DCI Bliss had complained to Superintendent Reine. Horton wasn’t sure what that would achieve; every department was stretched at this time of the year, and Reine was notoriously weak when it came to fighting his corner with Uckfield. Thankfully Bliss had left the station to attend a community meeting. Horton had half expected her to delegate the task to him, which was usual, but perhaps she’d taken pity on his throat. Either that or there was some prestige in her being there, which he suspected was nearer the truth.

He felt emotionally drained as well as physically tired as he closed his door and shut the blinds behind his desk on the wet, cold and windy December night. His prophecy had come true and it was sleeting heavily. He powered up his computer and called up the missing persons database. He’d had all day to consider this from the moment this morning when he had been interviewing Sebastian Gilmore; it had come to him that Brundall and Gilmore might have killed his mother.

He’d modified his opinion since then, but now that his curiosity was well and truly fired he wouldn’t be able to rest until he found out more.

His hands were sweating and his heart was racing as he tapped her name into his computer keyboard: JENNIFER HORTON.

He felt cold even though his radiator was belting out the heat. It was the first time he had spelt her name since he was eleven when in desperation he had written a letter to her and posted it to the tower block they’d taken him from in the vain hope that she might have returned there, found him gone and was looking for him.

The thought made his heart somersault even now, as the emotions of long ago flooded back: searing optimism, excitement at the sound of the doorbell ringing in the children’s home, hope at the sight of the postman. All to be followed by disappointment, hurt, bewilderment and finally, anger. That had been the first time he had run away.

He steeled himself to look at the screen. Suddenly she was there, smiling at him.

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