Guilty Mothers (DETECTIVE KIM STONE #20) by Angela Marsons EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Kim checked her phone for the third time.
‘Anything, boss?’ Stacey asked, catching her movement.
They’d all heard the radio chatter about a discovery in one of the
Dudley fishing pools. The dive team had been summoned, and if the worst
were to be confirmed, Keats’s name would be lighting up Kim’s screen any
second now.
Three pairs of eyes watched.
She shook her head as their mood washed over her.
It had been a couple of months since their last major case, and although
none of them wished for the appearance of a dead body, it was murder
investigations that brought out the best in them, that pushed them to their
limits.
Kim liked to think they gave one hundred per cent of themselves to
every case that landed on their desks, but getting justice for someone whose
life had been taken lit the fires in their bellies by an extra few degrees: late
nights, early mornings and little other than working the case in between.
She also knew her team was waiting for her to raise a subject that none
of them wanted to hear about. She supposed now was as good a time as any.
This particular elephant had been sitting in the middle of the room long
enough to get a parking ticket.
She moved from behind the spare desk and sat on the edge of it,
signalling that she was about to address them all.
‘Okay, guys, you know we’ve got to talk about it.’
There were groans as they all exchanged glances.
‘Look, it’s a talent show, for charity. One of you has to take part.’
‘Us, guv – one of us,’ Bryant corrected her. As her steady, pragmatic
partner in crime, he always saw fit to remind her of the details.
‘You really think I’ve got any talent that would translate well to a stage
and a room full of people?’ she asked.
‘Good point,’ he conceded.
‘Come on, people, surely one of you can do something?’
Every department had been ‘invited’ to contribute a performance at a
charity ball this coming Sunday night. She had been on the cusp of telling
Woody they weren’t interested when he’d asked precisely who was going to
fill their three-minute spot between the traffic team and the firearms unit,
making it clear that every department was doing their bit for charity.
‘Surely one of you has a hidden talent that can fill three minutes,’ she
repeated.
‘Just about but it ain’t suitable for stage,’ Bryant offered.
They all laughed except for Kim, who turned her attention to Penn.
Surely the studious detective sergeant who never failed to amaze them with
random facts about every subject on the planet had something.
‘A song? A poem?’
‘Ooh, yeah, I’ve got one,’ Penn said then cleared his throat.
They all waited expectantly.
‘The boy stood on the burning deck, his pocket full of crackers. A flame
shot up his trouser leg and blew away his—’
‘Jesus, Penn. Is that the best you’ve got?’ Kim asked as Stacey wiped
tears of laughter from her eyes.
‘I was gonna say pockets,’ he said, shrugging.
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