Evan Can Wait: a Constable Evans Mystery (2001)
“He rushed to answer it so that it didn’t wake Mrs. Williams, who was always in bed no later than ten.
It was Edward Ferrers. “Constable Evans, sorry to disturb you, but frankly I’m worried. We’ve had no word from Grantley yet.”
“You said you thought he might have gone to London?”
“Yes, but he would have left a message by now. And I don’t think that even he would be callous enough to run off with our only means of transportation.”
“Do you happen to know the Land Rover license number, Mr. Ferrers?” Evan grabbed the message pad beside the phone. “I’ll call HQ and ask the patrols to keep an eye out for it. And I’ll give the police at Blenau a call as well—just in case he’s still up there.”
“What if he’s met with an accident on the way to London?”
“I’ll see what I can do,” Evan said.
“What about filing a missing person report?” Edward demanded.
“A little too early for that. I’m sure you’ll have heard from him by morning.”
“I hope so,”
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