Black & Blue: Where it all began…… (D.S Hunter Kerr) by Michael Fowler

scene.
    Straightening himself Hunter slid his left hand out of his pocket and glanced at his watch, mentally noting the time: 3:40am – thirty-five minutes earlier he had been tucked up in his warm bed, dead to the world.
    Then up ahead he spotted the person who had dragged him out from his warm bed. Detective Superintendent Dawn Leggate was striding purposefully towards him. He couldn’t help but notice that even at this time in the morning she cut quite a stylish figure in her knee-length camel coloured cashmere coat and calf length boots. As if she was on a night out. He fought back a smile. His new boss reminded him so much of his long time working partner, DC Grace Marshall, who likewise never turned out anywhere without looking her very best – even to a gruesome murder scene.
    Slugging his hands back into his coat pockets he picked up his heels. Striding to greet his Senior Investigating Officer he said, “Morning boss.”
    In her silky Scottish burr she replied, “Morning Hunter, sorry to call you out. The night detective from District CID is here but this is one I think we should be involved in, it’s a repeat domestic.”
    Hunter immediately knew that his SIO was referring to the fact that the address where the murder had occurred was one which had been repeatedly attended by the police as a result of reports, or complaints, relating to violence being perpetrated upon one or more of the occupants. He enquired, “The victim?”
    “I’m told it’s a lady by the name of Gemma Cooke. Twenty-nine year old. Lives at number thirty-four.” She half-turned and pointed towards the head of the street. “Duncan Wroe from SOCO arrived five minutes ago. He’s in there now.” Detective Superintendent Leggate spun on her heels, flicked her head at Hunter - a gesture for him to join her - and set off in the direction she had indicated.
    Hunter fell in beside her. “You said on the phone it was a stabbing.”
    “Aye. Repeatedly with a kitchen knife by the look of things! The young lady’s in a bit of a mess! I’ve only briefly viewed the body. Only got here myself ten minutes ago.”
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