In this extract from 'Model Murder' the police go to the murder victim's house to break the news....
No reply at the locked front door.
No reply at the back door which, fortunately, was unlocked. Chris, who had put on some protective gloves,
cautiously opened the door and called, ‘Halloooo! Anybody home?’
Silence. Not even a burglar
alarm shouting the odds.
‘Do we go in, guv?’
‘Very carefully. We wouldn’t
want to disturb a crime scene.’
‘If there is one.’
Always prepared Chris handed him some plastic bootees to put on over
his shoes and did the same for herself.
Sinclair gave her full marks.
Ideally they should have suited up but if Mitch Pepper was merely
snoozing or had been knocked out that might scare him.
Together the pair checked out the rooms on the ground floor
including what appeared to be a small flat for an absent housekeeper.
‘Might be her night off,’ Chris commented quietly. Sinclair merely nodded.
Nothing seemed to be out of place so they went upstairs and glanced
through those rooms. Again, there were
no signs of damage, nor bodies – alive or dead.
Although there was an office on the ground floor they also found
what appeared to be an office upstairs for Amaryllis. ‘Guv, there’s something written on the wall
chart.’
They went to look at it. ‘She
should have been in London
‘He’s an actor, guv. Looks
like they had a function up there.’
‘Address book?’
On the desk. Very carefully
the DC opened it to find details for Ricky Davison. ‘Got it,’ and she jotted
the information in her notebook.
‘Is Jonathan Pepper in there?
In case Sergeant Roberts hasn’t had any luck.’
As soon as Chris had that information they returned downstairs to
Mitch Pepper’s office.
‘Nothing,’ Chris said with a sigh as she looked at the blank page in
his diary.
‘Damn.’
‘Do we wait for him?’
‘He could be away for the night.’
‘Or for good?’
‘Don’t be a pessimist. We’ll
leave someone here. Now let’s get out
and see who’s arrived.’
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