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what she’d done.’
‘Still doesn’t quite sit right,’ Culverhouse said, after thinking about it for a moment. ‘We’ll see what we dig up when the techies have gone through her phone, but I wouldn’t expect much on that front either.’
‘I wouldn’t be surprised if it was connected with her work in some way, though, sir,’ Ryan said, picking up a selection of printed papers. ‘I mean, she’s done some pretty decent hatchet jobs in her time. She’s single-handedly ended some pretty prominent careers, by the looks of it. She’s investigated government corruption, misappropriation of charity funds, public finance scandals... All sorts of things. What’s to say someone didn’t get wind that they were being looked into and decided to put a stop to it? If they acted on their own, or if they weren’t big players, it fits the cocked-up MO.’
‘Doesn’t really help us get any closer, though, does it?’ Culverhouse said. ‘Until we know what she was investigating it doesn’t tell us anything.’
‘No, but we might have a bit of a lead on that,’ Ryan replied. ‘Looking through the articles I found on the web, most of them were either published by or originated with the Inquirer. Tanya Henderson worked freelance, but she seemed to have pretty strong links to that paper and it looks like she gave all her big scoops to them first. Might be worth a trip down to their offices to see what they know.’
‘Agreed. I’ll give them a call and we’ll pop down later this afternoon.’
Ryan shifted her weight onto her other foot. ‘Ah. I can’t do this afternoon. I’ve got a doctor’s appointment at five.’
Culverhouse shook his head slightly. ‘And?’
‘And I was going to ask you if I could get off a bit early to get there.’
‘Fine with me,’ Culverhouse replied.
‘But I was just thinking about going to speak to the people at the Inquirer.’
‘What about it?’ Culverhouse said, coldly. ‘I never said you were bloody coming. I’ll take Knight.’
Wendy looked up at him. ‘Guv, I’ve got a long list of things here that I need to—’
‘Sorry, Knight, I don’t remember asking your permission.’
Wendy nodded, knowing from experience that it was best to leave Culverhouse to it when he was in this sort of mood.
‘Steve, what did you get from the door-to-door stuff?’ Culverhouse asked, overlooking Ryan Mackenzie once again.
‘No-one saw or heard anything, guv. The first person to know of anything was the next-door neighbour, Larry Aldridge. The first thing any of the other neighbours saw or heard was the police and ambulance turning up. One house over the road has CCTV on the front of the building, but unfortunately they’re too law abiding for their own good and it doesn’t record anything past the end of their own driveway.’
‘Brilliant,’ Culverhouse said. ‘Just brilliant. Why is it that everyone in this town seems to know everyone else’s business until it comes to finding witnesses, and then Mildenheath turns into the Bermuda fucking Triangle?’
He stared at his team, but no one answered.
17
D ebbie Weston was not only a fine Detective Constable, but she was also a trained Family Liaison Officer. She didn’t tend to do much FLO work nowadays, but she was still called on fairly often to speak to witnesses or other people where a certain level of sensitivity was required. When Jack Culverhouse was around, that was more often than not.
Although Steve Wing and Ryan Mackenzie had already been to Larry and Margaret Aldridge’s house, they’d only spoken fairly briefly to them and not at all to Tanya Henderson’s young children. That, for her sins, would be Debbie Weston’s job.
‘What have they been told so far?’ she asked Margaret Aldridge as she watched the woman’s husband making three cups of strong tea. Their father was still at the hospital, keeping a bedside vigil, and hadn’t yet seen his kids.
Margaret shook her head. ‘Not much. What can we
‘Still doesn’t quite sit right,’ Culverhouse said, after thinking about it for a moment. ‘We’ll see what we dig up when the techies have gone through her phone, but I wouldn’t expect much on that front either.’
‘I wouldn’t be surprised if it was connected with her work in some way, though, sir,’ Ryan said, picking up a selection of printed papers. ‘I mean, she’s done some pretty decent hatchet jobs in her time. She’s single-handedly ended some pretty prominent careers, by the looks of it. She’s investigated government corruption, misappropriation of charity funds, public finance scandals... All sorts of things. What’s to say someone didn’t get wind that they were being looked into and decided to put a stop to it? If they acted on their own, or if they weren’t big players, it fits the cocked-up MO.’
‘Doesn’t really help us get any closer, though, does it?’ Culverhouse said. ‘Until we know what she was investigating it doesn’t tell us anything.’
‘No, but we might have a bit of a lead on that,’ Ryan replied. ‘Looking through the articles I found on the web, most of them were either published by or originated with the Inquirer. Tanya Henderson worked freelance, but she seemed to have pretty strong links to that paper and it looks like she gave all her big scoops to them first. Might be worth a trip down to their offices to see what they know.’
‘Agreed. I’ll give them a call and we’ll pop down later this afternoon.’
Ryan shifted her weight onto her other foot. ‘Ah. I can’t do this afternoon. I’ve got a doctor’s appointment at five.’
Culverhouse shook his head slightly. ‘And?’
‘And I was going to ask you if I could get off a bit early to get there.’
‘Fine with me,’ Culverhouse replied.
‘But I was just thinking about going to speak to the people at the Inquirer.’
‘What about it?’ Culverhouse said, coldly. ‘I never said you were bloody coming. I’ll take Knight.’
Wendy looked up at him. ‘Guv, I’ve got a long list of things here that I need to—’
‘Sorry, Knight, I don’t remember asking your permission.’
Wendy nodded, knowing from experience that it was best to leave Culverhouse to it when he was in this sort of mood.
‘Steve, what did you get from the door-to-door stuff?’ Culverhouse asked, overlooking Ryan Mackenzie once again.
‘No-one saw or heard anything, guv. The first person to know of anything was the next-door neighbour, Larry Aldridge. The first thing any of the other neighbours saw or heard was the police and ambulance turning up. One house over the road has CCTV on the front of the building, but unfortunately they’re too law abiding for their own good and it doesn’t record anything past the end of their own driveway.’
‘Brilliant,’ Culverhouse said. ‘Just brilliant. Why is it that everyone in this town seems to know everyone else’s business until it comes to finding witnesses, and then Mildenheath turns into the Bermuda fucking Triangle?’
He stared at his team, but no one answered.
17
D ebbie Weston was not only a fine Detective Constable, but she was also a trained Family Liaison Officer. She didn’t tend to do much FLO work nowadays, but she was still called on fairly often to speak to witnesses or other people where a certain level of sensitivity was required. When Jack Culverhouse was around, that was more often than not.
Although Steve Wing and Ryan Mackenzie had already been to Larry and Margaret Aldridge’s house, they’d only spoken fairly briefly to them and not at all to Tanya Henderson’s young children. That, for her sins, would be Debbie Weston’s job.
‘What have they been told so far?’ she asked Margaret Aldridge as she watched the woman’s husband making three cups of strong tea. Their father was still at the hospital, keeping a bedside vigil, and hadn’t yet seen his kids.
Margaret shook her head. ‘Not much. What can we
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