by John Dysart
He thought that was a tactic worth trying and thanked me for my help. I promised to be available for him if he needed anything else.
“I suppose you won’t tell me who your three rescuers were?” he asked, on leaving.
“Sorry, I can’t. I couldn’t recognize them – perhaps they were buddies of the anonymous telephone caller. Anyway, they did do you a service, didn’t they?” I said.
He looked at me closely “I’m bloody sure you do know, but I don’t suppose I’ll ever get it out of you – and, as you say, they did do me a service. I don’t suppose they are a danger to the general public.”
Ian McLeish called me to inform me that the Board of AIM had decided to be open about all of Purdy’s misdeeds and that they would announce a wrapping up of the company and a distribution of an exceptional dividend to all the investors in addition to the net value that they realised.
He agreed to give an exclusive interview to Steven who, when I told him, was delighted.
The arrest of McDowell and the others was made public a few days later. A liquidator was appointed to manage his Group’s business when it became clear that it was in a perilous financial position.
Firkin turned prosecution witness in exchange for a slightly reduced sentence. Keith McDowell was found guilty on two accounts of attempted murder and was locked away for a considerable time and Gavin Reid pleaded insanity and was committed to a mental institution for an indeterminate period.
As for APA Consulting – it still exists. We had a board meeting a couple of weeks later at the farm with Heather, Oliver and the rest of the family which now included Sophie and Maggie, as well as our new half-brother Pierre.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Epilogue