A Late Phoenix
““That’s what I said.”
“Since 1941?”
“Since 1941,” said Sloan grimly. He’d got to start his routine somewhere and the bombing of the house was as good a beginning as any other.
He was talking to an elderly, dyspeptic and very, very slow constable in the records department of Berebury Police Station who was known as Lightning Brown while Detective Constable Crosby went in search of Leslie Waite’s present address.
“It’ll take a bit of time, sir,” said Lightning.
“I daresay,” said Sloan pleasantly....
“Had one last Friday night. A girl last seen thumbing a lift from a lorry on the London Road.”
“Not her.”
“Bank Holiday we had one that had had a row with her dad about coming home late. Hasn’t been seen since.”
“Before then,” said Sloan evenly.
P.C. Lightning Brown started flicking through a file. Sloan didn’t think he could have done it more slowly if he’d tried.
“Last November, sir, there was the treasurer of Corton’s Christmas Club.”
“What happened to him?”MoreLess
“Since 1941?”
“Since 1941,” said Sloan grimly. He’d got to start his routine somewhere and the bombing of the house was as good a beginning as any other.
He was talking to an elderly, dyspeptic and very, very slow constable in the records department of Berebury Police Station who was known as Lightning Brown while Detective Constable Crosby went in search of Leslie Waite’s present address.
“It’ll take a bit of time, sir,” said Lightning.
“I daresay,” said Sloan pleasantly....
“Had one last Friday night. A girl last seen thumbing a lift from a lorry on the London Road.”
“Not her.”
“Bank Holiday we had one that had had a row with her dad about coming home late. Hasn’t been seen since.”
“Before then,” said Sloan evenly.
P.C. Lightning Brown started flicking through a file. Sloan didn’t think he could have done it more slowly if he’d tried.
“Last November, sir, there was the treasurer of Corton’s Christmas Club.”
“What happened to him?”MoreLess
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