Dead End (2014)
““It’ll have to be very quick, er—” Pikey smiled encouragement to the new constable whose name he’d already forgotten.
“Joanna Fry,” she said. “Everyone calls me Jo.”
“Keith Pike. Everyone calls me Pikey. Except my wife. She calls me Keith when she’s in a good mood, but she’ll be calling me all sorts of unrepeatable things if I don’t get home PDQ.”
“I understand. It’s just that I have the list of names you wanted. People seen with Max Rickman over the last couple of weeks.”
“Yeah...? Jo, you’re a star.”
Beaming, she handed him a single sheet of paper. “His wife’s on the list, and a chap called Browne, that’s his lawyer, but other than that—sorry, it’s just other inmates.”
“That’s brilliant. Thanks.”
“Are you thinking there are suspicious circumstances surrounding his death?”MoreLess
“Joanna Fry,” she said. “Everyone calls me Jo.”
“Keith Pike. Everyone calls me Pikey. Except my wife. She calls me Keith when she’s in a good mood, but she’ll be calling me all sorts of unrepeatable things if I don’t get home PDQ.”
“I understand. It’s just that I have the list of names you wanted. People seen with Max Rickman over the last couple of weeks.”
“Yeah...? Jo, you’re a star.”
Beaming, she handed him a single sheet of paper. “His wife’s on the list, and a chap called Browne, that’s his lawyer, but other than that—sorry, it’s just other inmates.”
“That’s brilliant. Thanks.”
“Are you thinking there are suspicious circumstances surrounding his death?”MoreLess
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