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said, Keller always had over his shoulder.   Colin told Williamson that he should personally and urgently examine the recordings from the camera at the end of the corridor that led to the crime scene.  He needed his findings by the end of the day.
     
    *
     
    Jack Eisner, Burtonhall's head of security, touched down at Aberdeen Airport on a BA flight from Heathrow just after 1030 on Wednesday.   He had caught an overnight BA flight from Dulles International Airport with plenty of time to make a connection to Aberdeen just before nine.   He had called Tammy Wootten at Ebright just after eight and then Bernard Donovan at GRH. 
     
    Eisner arrived at Ebright just after 1100 and went immediately to Wootten's office.
     
    'What the fuck is going on, Tammy?  Cy Packard is going postal.  He needs to know whether the Vermont One murder is related to the one at the hospital.  What can you tell me?'
     
    Wootten's response to this was curious. 'Why should they be related?  Nobody's suggested that they are anything but coincidental.  It's a big city. Two murders on a weekend can't be that unusual.'
     
    'This isn't New York City, Washington or Phillie.  And even if you were right, and you're not, it stretches coincidence somewhat that both deaths happened in facilities owned by Burtonhall.'
     
    Wootten was obviously shaken.   'I had no idea the hospital was owned by Burtonhall.'
     
    'It isn't. It's managed by an HMO - Hedelco - that Burtonhall bought last year.  But you haven't answered my question.  What can you tell me about Jamieson's murder?'
     
    'Not much.  He was found dead at the bottom of an inspection chamber and the autopsy confirmed he had been murdered.  The police have been here asking what he was doing on the platform.  I've told them to get in touch with head office.  But they've got his laptop and they're refusing to return it.'
     
    'What was he doing on the rig?'
     
    'An independent audit of all systems and processes.  It's done without notice a couple of times a year. Reports go straight to Ebright's Audit and Risk Committee in Providence. I thought they went to Cy as well.'
     
    'If they do, he didn't tell me, and I think he would have, before sending me here. What had Jamieson found before he was killed?'
     
    'I don't really know.   I only spoke with him twice, once when he stopped by when he arrived, and once by radio last Wednesday.'
     
    Eisner was becoming irritated by Wootten's reticence.  He had a short fuse at the best of times and jetlag didn't help. 
     
    'So what did he tell you?'
     
    'Not much. These guys aren't supposed to reveal their findings to local management.'
     
    'Why were you talking to him?'
     
    'I was trying to find out if he had come across anything that might affect production.  He wasn't very forthcoming, but he didn't sound happy.'
     
    'Why were you concerned about production rates?'
     
    Wootten shot him an angry look. 'Because it's my job?' 
     
    The interrogative inflexion showed her irritation, but Eisner wasn't about to let it go.
     
    'Tammy, Packard told me that Vermont One isn't meeting its targets.  If Jamieson had discovered why, I need to know.'
     
    'That's all I know.'
     
    Eisner didn't even try to hide his scepticism, but decided to move on.
     
    'Have the press been on to you?'
     
    'Only to ask for background on Jamieson.'
     
    'From now on, you don't talk to them.  You refer them to me and I'll decide whether to call in the PR professionals.'
     
    *
     
    By one o'clock, Eisner was in Hedelco's offices at GRH, talking to Bernard Donovan.
     
    'Keller clearly wasn't happy with some of the things he turned up.  He didn't want to go into detail - he's not supposed to reveal his findings to anybody outside head office - but he told me that if we didn't deal quickly with some failings that could affect patient safety, we would be at risk of contractual penalties or statutory intervention.'
     
    'What the fuck does that mean,