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Nash looked at it. It was the report of an inquest into the death of an unidentified woman. The findings were not so much inconclusive as non-existent. Not only had the police been unable to find any clue as to the woman’s identity, but the cause of death couldn’t be established because of the condition of the corpse. It was the note Tucker had made in the margin that intrigued
Nash.‘Well, well, well,’ he said eventually.
‘You see why it interested me?’
‘I do indeed. But I can’t see what could be done about it after all this time.’
Becky smiled. ‘You never know – something might turn up.’
It was a light-hearted comment, more of a joke than anything. Nash would have cause to remember that later.
As the evening wore on, Nash became aware that he’d had too much to drink, and that Becky was in little better condition.
‘I’d better get you a taxi,’ he said, when he’d paid the bill and they were heading for the door.
‘It’s a nice night. Let’s walk.’
‘Are you sure? It’s a long way to your place.’
‘Your flat’s nearer.’ Her eyes sparkled as she slid her arm through his.
Nash looked at her and smiled. He looked again and his smile broadened. ‘Oh. Oh, alright, then.’
Pearce was checking the tape transcripts next morning when Mironova walked in. ‘You look well. Good holiday?’ he asked.
‘Great. We went camping in the Lake District. No radio, no
telly, no newspapers or mobile phones. I didn’t want to come back.’ She sat at her desk and sighed. ‘Anything interesting happened while I’ve been away?’
THE END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, BY THE AUTHOR
My ambitions are simple. I'm a storyteller. I want to write books that people will enjoy so much they will look out for the next one with my name on the cover. Although reviews are important, it is the opinion of readers that matters most to me.
With seven books in the DI MIKE NASH series published, I have decided to set aside the crime books for the time being in order to focus my attention on a long overdue project that is close to my heart.
Under my pen name WILLIAM GORDON I have recently released WATERING THE OLIVES, a collection of light-hearted stories, and THE LAST RESORT, both set on a fictional Greek island. However, the principal reason for the change of direction is the BYLAND CRESCENT series, a five-volume family saga that will span the period from late Victorian times until the present day, with each book centred
around a new generation of the families.
The series will take the reader to such diverse locations as West and North Yorkshire, Australia, Europe and America. The first book, REQUIEM, is available in paperback and both REQUIEM and book
two,RENAISSANCE are now available to download on KINDLE. The remaining titles in this series, will follow in due course.
That doesn't mean that I've given up my life of crime. There will be more Mike Nash stories on the way soon. Watch this space!
OTHER BOOKS BY
BILL KITSON
Identity Crisis
Alone in an isolated cottage, a young housewife awaits the arrival of her sister, Jo. Outside, as storms lash the country, Dr
Johana Grey struggles to reach the house, but when she does, she finds it deserted, in darkness.
With
Mike Nash on leave, DS Mironova leads the investigation. The woman’s husband cannot be accounted for. Is he responsible, or has she been abducted by the sadistic serial killer nicknamed the Cremator?
Back Slash
What is the secret of the forester living a hermit-like existence in the remotest part of the Wingate Estate? Is he a callous murderer? Is he now taking a terrible revenge on those who wronged him? Or, does the truth lie elsewhere?
A ruthless killer is on the rampage, one with a distinctive trademark. With resources decimated by a flu epidemic, Mike Nash is forced to use unorthodox tactics to expose a web of corruption and deceit spanning the years.
Altered Egos
When you take an ordinary man and train him to kill, he becomes dangerous. When his mind is clouded by drugs, he becomes unstable. When he loses everything he loves, he becomes a lethal killing machine.
Depth of Despair
When two skeletons are discovered from Lamentation Tarn, talented detective Mike Nash and his team have little evidence with which to work, until a surprising discovery prompts them to contact law enforcement agencies in Eastern Europe. A joint taskforce is formed to uncover a criminal network involved in prostitution, drugs and human trafficking, but Nash’s preoccupation with internal politics, as well as with an attractive Russian detective, proves to be a distraction. Finally, a young victim escapes the gang’s clutches, providing Nash with much needed evidence. A search of the neighbouring tarn yields further corpses and reveals an even more heinous crime. Two more bloody encounters must occur before the criminals are brought to bitter justice.
Chosen
How do you solve a crime when there’s no evidence one has been committed? When Sarah Kelly fails to return from a night out, DI Mike Nash can only speculate, until a chance remark causes him to look deeper into other cases; girls who have vanished without trace. Nash spots chilling similarities: no bodies, no witnesses, all disappearances explained away. While investigating seemingly unconnected crimes, Nash strives to come to grips with the psyche of a most unusual serial killer. He needs to find a solution and fast as two more women vanish, making it personal and potentially fatal; both for Nash and for the women who have been chosen…
Watering the Olives
Watering the Olives is a light-hearted, often poignant, sometimes heart-rending collection of tales from a Greek Island.
On the island of
Tritinos, the women are strong and determined, especially in the ways of the heart. But what stories they can tell of the lives they have lived and the loves they have known.
When an English author who calls the island his second home decides he needs a wife, he determines to look among the village women whom he admires. Will he succeed? Or succumb to the talents of the women expert in getting their own way – often without appearing to.
The Last Resort
As you sit on your sun-drenched beach in the Mediterranean have you ever wondered what the resort was like before the tourists came? Or what the locals had to do in order to convert a fishing village into a holiday destination?
On the small Greek island of Tritinos, the tiny fishing village of Agios Petros is dying. Only a few inhabitants remain, as the younger generation move to the mainland to find work. Then Nikos has an idea – why not open their doors to tourists? Their attempts to overcome the pitfalls they encounter often have comic side effects, and as they strive to cater for their first visitors some of the villagers find romance is on the menu.
Requiem
When successful businessman Albert
Cowgill and his family move into Byland Crescent, in the genteel resort of Scarborough, it seems the culmination of his boyhood ambitions.
Having battled from extreme poverty to affluence he could scarcely have imagined, Albert expected the lifestyle would continue, a hope shared by his business partners.
However, fuelled by tragedy and misunderstandings and betrayed by their own passionate character, discord within the family causes irreparable divisions that reverberate through their business and far beyond.
Events elsewhere stoke the fires of international confrontation, and soon, their comfortable existence will be destroyed in a maelstrom of violence the like of which has never been seen before.
As World War 1 looms, they are unaware that it will signal a requiem for a generation.
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