The Secret of Wild Boar Woods (DS Dave Slater Mystery Novels Book 6) by P.F. Ford

Author:P.F. Ford [Ford, P.F.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

It was another bleary-eyed morning meeting, and Slater was finding it hard to focus on the task at hand. It wasn’t as if he had anything else to worry about, he just seemed to be finding enthusiasm in short supply this morning. They had two suspects to interview, so he would normally be raring to go, and yet this morning it all seemed to be a bit of an effort. He looked at Goodnews and wondered how she managed to look so good first thing every morning when the rest of them looked like the living dead.

‘Is that right you’ve got two people sitting in the cells, waiting to be interviewed?’ she asked.

‘Yes, Boss.’

‘Why is Clive Morrison here?’

‘There’s a gap in his story,’ explained Slater. ‘There are nearly three hours he can’t account for on the afternoon his daughter went missing. That would give him plenty of time if he was involved in her disappearance. Yesterday evening, we gave him a chance to explain where he was, but he refused. I felt he might be a bit more talkative after an evening on his own.’

‘I hope we’re not going to be accused of persecuting a grieving father,’ said Goodnews.

Slater shrugged his shoulders.

‘It was his choice. We would have been quite happy to listen last night but he wouldn’t talk to us. What else could we do?’

Slater knew he sounded rather petulant, as if he didn’t give a damn what Goodnews thought, and for a moment it looked as though she was going to make something of it, but then Darling spoke and broke the moment.

‘He was given every opportunity to explain where he was, Boss, but instead of doing that, he tried to string us along and play the grieving father card. It seemed to us he was just paying lip service to it. If he’s a grieving father, I’m a Teletubby.’

They all managed to smile at that idea.

‘Do you think he killed her?’ asked Goodnews.

‘He doesn’t seem to care she’s dead,’ said Darling. ‘And he’s definitely hiding something. I agree with DS Slater’s decision to bring him in for the night.’

Goodnews looked suspiciously at her, and then at Slater.

‘You’re beginning to sound like a team. That’s good,’ she said, keeping her eyes on him. ‘Do we know what Crump was doing up at Wild Boar Woods last night?’

‘I’m told he hasn’t said anything coherent since he was arrested,’ said Slater.

‘So, you’ve got two to choose from. Which one do you fancy as the murderer?’

‘Crump has to be the favourite. He’s the one with the carpet fibres that match. I suppose it is possible they’re both involved, but we’ve nothing to suggest that so far.’

‘I’ll do some digging,’ said Norman. ‘Maybe I can find a connection somewhere.’

‘Interviews,’ said Goodnews. ‘Who’s up first?’

‘I thought we’d get Morrison out of the way first,’ said Slater. ‘I reckon he’ll be quite talkative this morning.’

‘Have those old case files come in yet?’

‘They should be here this morning,’ said Norman.

‘Right. Good,’ said Goodnews. ‘I’ll leave you to it then.

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