“H-how? When?”
Kane studied him for a moment. “In the line of duty. I can’t tell you more. I thought you should know now. I hear you got on well together. He had nothing but nice things to say about you.”
Garrick’s mouth ran dry. He had no words.
“Sorry.” DCI Kane returned to his car.
Just before he could close the door, Garrick found his voice again. “How did you find out? I thought he was in Staffordshire and you are investigating John Howard?”
“You know how it is,” Kane said obliquely, then slammed his door shut and reversed from the parking space.
Numb, Garrick watched him go. Shivering from the rain, he trotted across the car park to his Land Rover. His hands were shaking as he searched his pockets for the keys. He pulled out his phone first, then his wallet, and then finally his fob. As he unlocked the door, the phone vibrated with an email. It was from Dr Rajasekar. The results of his MRI were in and she needed to discuss them.
Garrick’s finger hovered over the reply button.
Then he deleted the email.
It could wait.
Perhaps there were some things that shouldn’t be known.
Also by M.G. COLE
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SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS
DCI Garrick 1
THE DEAD WILL TALK
DCI Garrick 3
MAY 2021
