The Diamond Rosary Murders

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by Roger Silverwood


  ‘Great stuff, Don. Write it up and let me have it ASAP.’

  He returned the phone to its holster and leaned back in the swivel chair, a warm smile on his face. He was thinking that he would be able to pass on all the case notes to Mr Twelvetrees, the barrister, at the CPS on Wednesday, 21st, in two days’ time, and that would allow him Thursday and Friday to clear his desk of the accumulation of the paperwork of the past two weeks, leaving everything straight for Christmas. He would be able to rest easy and enjoy Christmas at home with Mary.

  He looked at the pile of papers on the desk in front of him needing his attention. He leaned forward and pulled them towards him. He was about to start riffling through them when the phone rang. He reached out for it. It was Harker.

  ‘I’ve just had a triple nine, lad,’ he said. ‘A man has been found dead in a flat with what looks like a shotgun wound. The address is …’

  Angel sighed and reached for his pen.

  By the Same Author

  IN THE MIDST OF LIFE

  CHOKER

  THE MAN IN THE PINK SUIT

  THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST

  MANTRAP

  SALAMANDER

  SHAM

  THE UMBRELLA MAN

  THE MAN WHO COULDN’T LOSE

  THE CURIOUS MIND OF INSPECTOR ANGEL

  FIND THE LADY

  THE WIG MAKER

  MURDER IN BARE FEET

  WILD ABOUT HARRY

  THE SNUFFBOX MURDERS

  THE CUCKOO CLOCK SCAM

  THE DOG COLLAR MURDERS

  THE BIG FIDDLE

  THE FRUIT GUM MURDERS

  Copyright

  © Roger Silverwood 2014

  First published in Great Britain 2012

  This edition 2014

  ISBN 978–0–7198–1463–1 (epub)

  ISBN 978–0–7198–1464–8 (mobi)

  ISBN 978–0–7198–1465–5 (pdf)

  ISBN 978–0–7198–0733–6 (print)

  Robert Hale Limited

  Clerkenwell House

  Clerkenwell Green

  London EC1R 0HT

  www.halebooks.com

  The right of Roger Silverwood to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

 

 

 


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