The Last Remains by Griffiths Elly

Author:Griffiths, Elly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

Nelson, Tanya, Bradley and Lucy gather round the laptop. Nelson notices that Lucy gets a black notebook out. Nelson sees Tanya noticing it too and producing her own, much grander, log book.

The screen fills with grainy CCTV footage. There is Emily’s familiar bouncy hair, her St Jude’s sweatshirt with the words ‘Em Hockey’ on the back. She walks away from Ely station with a determined stride. Seconds later a camera outside a church shows her crossing the road towards Jubilee Gardens. The last shot shows her looking in the window of Topping’s bookshop.

‘Pity there’s so little footage,’ says Nelson. ‘There would be many more cameras now. What can Cathbad have seen to make him go rogue?’

‘The bookshop?’ Tony’s face appears again. ‘Topping’s is great. It’s like they’ve got every book in the world.’

‘Bully for them,’ says Nelson, thinking of Leo Ballard’s study. ‘Why would a bookshop make Cathbad go off like that? Did he suddenly remember that he’d forgotten to spend his Christmas book token?’

‘Of course, we don’t know that this CCTV has anything to do with Cathbad’s disappearance,’ says Tanya.

Nelson reins himself back from full sarcasm mode. ‘That’s true enough,’ he says, ‘but Cathbad obviously went to Tony’s with the sole intention of viewing it. Judy must have told him Tony was isolating at home. And, after Cathbad watched the video, he left and hasn’t been seen since.’

‘I’ve put a description out to all units,’ says Tanya. Nelson can just imagine how this would read: Long hair, purple cloak, liable to talk about the Great Web. Where the hell is the trouble­some druid? After nearly killing them all with worry last year, he’s at it again. When they find him, Nelson will roast him on his own personal sacrificial bonfire.

‘Good work,’ says Nelson. ‘I’m going to ask Judy if she knows what all this Ely stuff means. Bradley, you carry on trying to trace Ballard’s car. Tanya, start organising house-­to-­house. Lucy, you help her.’

‘Yes, boss,’ says Lucy. ‘DCI Nelson, I mean.’

‘Boss is fine. Do you call Cloughie boss?’

‘Yes,’ says Lucy. ‘He says it reminds him of a mafia film.’

‘He would. Now let’s get on. I don’t want anyone else disappearing.’

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