The Mechanic Trilogy: the complete boxset by Rob Ashman

Author:Rob Ashman [Ashman, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Published: 2018-01-08T22:00:00+00:00

30

Moran sat in Brennan’s office waiting. He was already fifteen minutes late and she was starting to understand her place in the office pecking order, a realisation which didn’t sit well with her at all.

In her last workplace Moran’s life in uniform was fast and furious, but for everyone else it was relatively steady and mundane. Her drive and determination was relentless and, for the people she worked with, completely exhausting. She burned with an intensity which was hard to live with. Her career was everything and she made sure people knew it.

A series of failed relationships forced her to take stock of her life. She needed to ease back a little. Work got in the way of everything and while she knew it was the major contributory factor to her still being single at thirty-one, she preferred to put that down to a bad choice of men.

Her decision to reappraise her life and modify her ambition lasted less than twenty-four hours. The very next day she put in for a transfer to Vegas. A month later and she moved into a new flat with her new job in homicide. Ease back a little? What had she been thinking …

As she sat waiting, she could feel the adrenaline coursing through her. There were inconsistencies between the latest killings and the usual turf war hits. She prided herself on spotting patterns and inconsistencies which others would overlook, and the recent killings struck her as odd.

Brennan blustered in, with no apology, and flopped down behind his desk.

‘How you doing? I didn’t get to have that coffee with you, did I?’

‘No sir, but that’s fine.’

‘We must do that. Anyway, you wanted to see me.’

‘Yes, it’s about the bodies you sent me to look at in the mortuary and the drug-related murders from the other night.’

‘Okay, what’s up?’

‘It’s the unusual nature of the murders, sir. On the surface it looks like a turf war but the method of killing doesn’t stack up. Usually when one gang goes up against another—’

‘Mills is running with this, right?’ he interrupted.

‘Yes sir, he’s the detective in charge.’

‘What does he think?’

‘Well he’s of the opinion there’s nothing out of the ordinary.’

‘Then that’s good, right? I mean we have this happen on a regular basis.’

‘I understand that but I think this is different. I’ve looked at the records going back and where one gang takes out another there’s a recognised formula. This doesn’t follow the pattern. I’ve listed the inconsistencies here.’ She handed him a document.

What does Mills think?’ he said scanning it.

‘He says it’s no different.’

‘Then that’s the answer, isn’t it?’

‘But, sir, in the past the MO is always hit them hard, hit them fast, then get the hell out of there. The first set of killings had characteristics of torture, this was anything but a drive-by shooting.’

‘It’s bad guys killing bad guys, there are bound to be minor differences.’

‘Yes sir, I get that but this is way off the norm. This is more like—’ Brennan interrupted again.

‘Have you spoken to Mills about this? Have you shared your observations with him?’

‘Yes sir, I have.

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