Faraday 01 The Gigabyte Detective Read Online Free PDF

both put our lives on hold for another period to see if anything’s changed when you get back. That’s not fair on either of us.”
    “But it’s only three months, Mitch. Surely that’s not too long to wait after the best part of six years.”
    “Yes it is,” he insisted. “It would be different if we thought something might change. But it won’t.”
    She felt the anger begin to bubble up inside her. “What you are really saying, Mitch, is that the only way I can save our relationship is by giving up my job and saying sorry to the people in Devon. That’s what you want me to do, isn’t it?”
    At last he looked into her eyes. “Well - would you?” he challenged.
    “Don’t be silly, Mitch. You know I’m on six month’s notice. Also, I’ve already accepted the Torquay post and I can’t let them down at this late stage. If I did my name would stink in police forces throughout the length and breadth of the country.”
    “I knew that would be your reply.” He shook his head. “I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently, Charlie. The fact is, I don’t want to spend the rest of my life with a top policewomen - always coming second to the job. And I realise that there’s no way I can earn enough as a secondary school teacher for you to be able to afford to give up your job - even if you agreed to. So,” he shrugged, “there’s no future, is there?”
    Charlotte suddenly felt she couldn’t take any more, coming just at this time when she was embarking on a new set of demands for her programme. Even though she knew it wasn’t going to solve anything, she wanted to get away from the row which had erupted so unexpectedly. She turned and ran into the bedroom where she could be alone. Throwing herself on the bed she shed her first tears for more than six years. No doubt that would amuse the fellows in her section if they ever found out.
    Mitch slept that night on the sofa and he moved out the next morning while Charlotte went shopping.
    - 2. Monday -
    Stafford set off for Exeter early. He had been told to be present to meet the new DCI at ten, but he wanted to make sure he was there before she turned up. Beside him on the seat lay the copy of the newspaper article which he had read at least ten times over the weekend. He almost knew it word for word by now:-
    WHO WILL IT BE THIS SUMMER?
    Do you remember the shocking death of Cynthia Adams? She was the former lady mayoress of Torquay who was murdered in the Metropole Hotel almost exactly a year ago - on June 18th to be exact. So who was arrested and found guilty of this awful crime?
    We approached the police authority in Exeter where a spokesman told us “This is still very much an ongoing investigation. We do not expect to make a further statement to the press in the near future” In other words, they haven’t got a clue who did it.
    We have made other enquiries and we understand our local CID have carried out more than a thousand DNA tests on people known to Cynthia Adams without finding a match. Similar checks with the national database have been unsuccessful. It means the man has disappeared without leaving a trace. Her murderer is still out there.
    But this paper may have found a set of clues which the police haven’t previously considered. How did we do this? Simple. We looked through back copies of this newspaper about a year before Cynthia Adams was murdered. And what did we find? We found a very similar death twelve months ago. On 3rd or 4th July last year the wife of rich businessman Richard de Billiere died mysteriously. However, due to a complete lack of evidence, it was decided at the inquest that her death was due to misadventure
    With that information we decided to look at earlier years and what we found was deeply worrying -
    In 2007Julia Hillman, wife of the then mayor died on 28th June, hung by the cord of her own dressing-gown. The coroner passed a verdict of suicide.
    In 2006, on 19th June, Mariella Prince, spinster daughter of one of