Money Can Kill (ebook)

Argumento de Money Can Kill (ebook)

A school trip to the National History Museum of Wales at St Fagans ends early with the disappearance of a child.

Is he just playing hide and seek ? or is it the work of a criminal? Perhaps a kidnapper with designs on the boy?s mother and her recently-acquired millions?

DCI Martin Phelps and his team are back together just in time to take on the case ? one that starts off as a possible kidnapping but soon descends into something even more sinister ?

As the investigation exposes the complexities of family relationships, another long-standing mystery is solved ? all while Martin and his colleagues anxiously await the results of a major police review that may result in them losing their jobs ?

Even before 8 a.m., and in spite of the fact that it was Shelley?s birthday, Martin was in Incident Room One and was working on the columns of information he had set up the previous afternoon.
The detective had his mind firmly focused on the task of finding a missing boy and bringing in a ruthless kidnapper.
The man still basked in the memory of the love that he and Shelley had shared prior to the five hours? dreamless sleep that he believed it had allowed him.
It was not unusual at the start of a case for Martin to go for nights without sleep as his brain refused to shut down and insisted on analysing the smallest of details whenever his head hit the pillow. At a critical point during his last case he had discovered that a walk to the beach in his hometown of Llantwit Major, followed by a couple of pints at one of the pubs had provided the off-switch his mind needed. Now he had discovered another and it gave him a warm glow just thinking about it.
Thank God Shelley was not one of these silly women who would worry about her birthday plans being set aside to accommodate his job. With any luck the day would bring about the result that was needed and their evening with four friends at Llanerch Vineyard would still go ahead. For the moment Martin couldn?t second guess that possibility and his mind was now firmly on the job.
Matt arrived with two cups of coffee and for a second Martin wondered how much longer he would be in his current post and Matt in his. He had heard whispers that the changes in the current review of services were going to be more draconian than had first been anticipated, but he didn?t know for certain which of several options would be chosen. He did know that in all the scenarios he had been consulted on Matt would come out very well and he wished he could tell him so, but for now he could only thank him for the coffee.
?I?ve spoken to Helen,? said Matt. ?There have been no further developments at the house overnight but we didn?t really expect there to be. As far as the kidnapper is concerned Tina would only about now be getting his ransom note through the post and having to make arrangements to comply with the demands.
?The reality is that there are now very sophisticated gadgets available and amongst the notes that will be delivered from the bank later is the tiniest but most efficient tracking device that has ever been made. According to Charlie, Q from the Bond films would have waxed lyrical about the device. She couldn?t resist telling me that her grandfather had been friends with Desmond Llewelyn, the actor who played Q, and apparently the man himself was completely clueless with technology.
?I?ve had an email from Charlie and from what I can gather she was here most of the night and Alex stayed to help her. They have done as requested and much more ? so no surprise there.
?All the photographs have been studied and by picking out bits and pieces from a multitude of backgrounds she has come up with the image of a man wearing a white jacket and possibly white trousers and carrying a large bag. I really believe that this is our kidnapper.0