Silence
“He wasn’t really driving; the narrow twisting roads were dragging him along. He sat hunched over the steering wheel, the engine humming and whining with the strain of shifting gears.
The meeting with Special Branch had made him more determined to uncover the truth behind Walsh’s death and the murder of McClintock. Why were Special Branch so keen to take over the case? It seemed to Daly that Walsh’s rooting around in the past must have thrown up something unpleasant and potentially devastating f...or someone still alive and in a position of power within the security forces. It was the only rational explanation. Those terrible events in the 1970s must be linked to something that was happening right now.
He pulled up at a crossroads close to where Walsh had crashed his car. It was quiet, almost dusk. He hadn’t a clue which road to take. He watched the cows in the fields returning to their byres. A dark anonymous-looking house sat nearby. It was a public house, as obscure as they made them in South Armagh, the beer kegs piled at the side of the building the only evidence of its true function.MoreLess
The meeting with Special Branch had made him more determined to uncover the truth behind Walsh’s death and the murder of McClintock. Why were Special Branch so keen to take over the case? It seemed to Daly that Walsh’s rooting around in the past must have thrown up something unpleasant and potentially devastating f...or someone still alive and in a position of power within the security forces. It was the only rational explanation. Those terrible events in the 1970s must be linked to something that was happening right now.
He pulled up at a crossroads close to where Walsh had crashed his car. It was quiet, almost dusk. He hadn’t a clue which road to take. He watched the cows in the fields returning to their byres. A dark anonymous-looking house sat nearby. It was a public house, as obscure as they made them in South Armagh, the beer kegs piled at the side of the building the only evidence of its true function.MoreLess
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