‘Now that you’ve cooled down, Mrs Razzle,’ he said, ‘I am conditionally releasing you, and I hope you will keep the peace. You’ll be subsequently charged with assault and causing a public disturbance.’ ‘Thanks very much,’ she said, twitching her nose. ‘What was I supposed to do, let her kill me?’...
To say that Angel was disappointed would be to putting it mildly. He came out of Fleming’s office and drove the BMW to the car-park of the Fat Duck, and, as he kicked his way through an inch of snow to the pub door, he thought about Vincent Fleming. Coming into that mammot...
Angel stared at him across his desk, waiting for him to stop.‘Excuse me, sir,’ he said. He turned away.The coughing continued.He took the little bottle out of his pocket, unscrewed the top and took a sip. He let it run to the back of his throat. The coughing stopped.Angel watched him. He looked c...
The Christmas break must have been a successful and happy time for most of the force at Bromersley police station, as Angel could hear laughing and chattering as the staff traversed the CID corridor outside his office door. Angel had called a crime case conference in the C...
He left Flora and rushed down the hall towards him. Crisp knew he was potentially in trouble, but he wasn’t going to let it show. He smiled and said, ‘Good morning, sir. I hear you want me.’ Angel glared at him. ‘The morning’s nearly over, lad. I’ve...
‘Five hundred pounds?’ ‘Don’t shout,’ she said. ‘You’re always shouting.’ ‘But five hundred pounds … I mean. For a table to put a telephone on. It’s ridiculous!’‘It’s an antique. It’s an investment. In years to come it will be worth thousands. And it’ll make the hall look really smart.’‘That mean...
He smiled, turned to Gawber and said, ‘That was DI Blenkinsop of Chitterton CID. He confirms that they have had Reynard under observation for the past six days and that there is no possible chance that he could have been anywhere near Creeford Road on Monday afternoon last.’ Gawber nodded and smi...
He had just settled at his desk when there was a knock at the door. It was Taylor and he was carrying a length of timber. Angel peered at it. ‘I’ve finished the examination of Angus Peel’s van, sir,’ Taylor said. ‘That’s great, Don.’ ‘I’m afraid the...
And men adored Lydia. From a baby she had cooed and giggled and squealed with delight much more when in her father’s arms than when in her mother’s. When she was five, her father bought her a beautiful rocking horse that she treasured and she was always on its red plastic saddle rocking away. &nb...
‘Have you a minute, sir?’ she said.‘Come in, lass. What have you got?’‘I managed to get to see the CCTV at Heathrow of passengers leaving for San Francisco last Monday afternoon, sir, and I clearly saw the bearded figure of Ben Wizard actually boarding flight 4088 at 1720 hours. So he couldn’t ha...
He closed the door, snatched up the phone and dialled a number.‘Hello. Is that DS Mutta?’‘Yes, sir.’‘Angel here. Did the mark, Gloria Swithenbank, show at all this afternoon, Sergeant?’‘Yes, sir. She posted two long flat packets at 15.33 hours exactly.’‘Ah! Good,’ he said, breathing a sigh of rel...
Angel was thankful there was no moon. They looked up and down the street. There were no streetlights either. They were looking for a car with one or two men in it. There were a few cars parked on the street so they ambled slowly like a couple walking home after a late-night party, surreptitiously...
You wanted me?’ ‘Yes. Good morning, Ron. Come in. Sit down.’Gawber closed the office door.Angel told Gawber about his interview the previous evening with Emlyn Jones.‘I remember him, sir. Oily individual. Could talk for Wales. With a sickly smile that never went away.’‘It went away when we talked...