The Escape (Detective Jane Sparrow Book 2) by Claire Merrington Page B

loves watching the fear brew, not just in the victim that he is murdering but the people surrounding the investigation, and the general public for that matter. And so far with all the moves that he had played from whatever game he had invented he had managed it perfectly. So now Jane needed to stop throwing herself her pity party. Take back control and get moving on catching the little rat and putting him back in his cage. Her Superintendent was on the phone to Doctor Dave Berry the coroner he was telling him it would be best to meet them at Jane’s apartment, as they believed a body of a victim had been delivered there and they needed him for on site analysis and removal of the body. Amy was on the phone telling the rest of the crime scene technicians to meet them there as well. Which was good Jane did not want to be the one that was responsible for messing up a partial crime scene. Jane thought she had best ring Perry and give him an update as to what was going on plus the fact she had promised that she wouldn’t leave the station. But unfortunately that was now a promise that was not available for Jane to keep. But as always Perry was the most understanding and concerned partner he could be. He was more interested in making sure that Jane was going to be safe. He even offered to meet Jane and her team at her apartment. But Jane said there was no need, as the place would be crawling with police and crime scene investigators as well as the coroner. She would be more than safe. Jane rode in the car with Ian and Amy while their Superintendent rode in the car upfront with Eric and Jack. There were also another two escorting police officer cars that were to remain outside the building circulating the perimeter. When Jane arrived at her apartment block Ian and Eric who had been driving pulled down into the underground parking lot of Jane’s apartment building. She directed them through the downstairs entrance and made their way up to Jane’s floor. When they arrived her neighbour John was still standing outside his front door staring at the package with unique interest but apprehension at the same time.
     
                  “Jane is everything ok? What is in the box? I haven’t touched it but as I got up close to it it’s making the weirdest humming sound.”
     
    Eric who had once been in the army was the first to approach the box as the rest of the team stood back and stared with a mix of puzzlement and cautiousness. If the box contained human remains like they thought why was it humming. The box certainly did look big enough Jane thought to fit a body in. Eric started to have a look around Jane thought from the outside that nothing seemed unusual or distinguishable about it. But Eric seemed rather perplexed and then almost as though the fog had lifted and the perplexing in his mind had been resolved as the answer to their problem presented itself the colour drained from his face.
     
                  “We need to clear the area and we need to get the bomb disposal unit here now!!”
     
    “Eric what is it? How bad are we talking?”
     
                  “The box is rigged with a trigger bomb so that as soon as you go to open the box boom. Bang there goes our evidence. I’m pretty sure as well although without the right tools to check but I’m sure it’s sitting on a pressure plate bomb. So if the weight of the package changes or the position shuffles too much again boom. Bang there goes our evidence.”
     
    “Oh my God this is unbelievable we need to clear the area now. When and how did Thaddeus learn about explosive devices? There was nothing in his file or anything ever in his signature that he has included thus far involves him having the knowledge to pull this off and now we have two bombs.”
     
                  “Well it’s safe to say that what we need to help us find him is definitely in that box. Otherwise he wouldn’t have gone to so much effort to make