Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04

... driver, Jay Scanlon. It is uncertain if he was successful. Mike grunts and says to himself, "I guess they've decided he was." Second on the list was Robert Hanson, twenty-six years of age and his address was given in Surrey. That speeds up my investigation, thinks Mike. Ex husband of the deceased, he's living with Marie Mathers of no fixed address who states she comes from Summerside, in the Maritimes. No confirmation on that point of origin. His arrest record indicates a lot of alcohol abuse, spousal beatings, D.U.I. (Driving Under the Influence) abuses, and assault charges against women and /or men in taverns, bars and restaurants. Number three on the list is Ron Harrison, a thirty four year old Realtor of Port Coquitlam, married with no children; is listed as being uncooperative and without an alibi for the night of the crime and, interestingly enough, his name is in Flo's little black address book. Others listed in her book include Jay Scanlon and Anton Vanuetche. The former is listed as suspect number four. Jay Scanlon is believed to have cohabited with the deceased, at least some of the time, and was her contact person for some of her call girl activities. Jay is listed as twenty-eight years of age, a cab driver for Pitt River Taxi for three years, single and believed to be Flo's pimp. Last on the list is Anton (Tony) Vanuetche, twenty seven years old, lives by himself in his mother's (deceased) home in Port Coquitlam, drives truck for CPX, is personable, affable and ...

... considered by his co-workers to be a jokester. Says he dated Flo a few times but nothing serious. In pen again a small notation that he might be involved with local drug trade. It says a tip from a fellow driver, and Mike curses his big mouth. It's only rumor, he thinks. He puts the list into the file and scans for a workup on the victim. He finds it and notices a car driving slowly through the lot behind him. He puts the file in his briefcase and starts the Mustang. Time to get out of here. He pulls out onto South Fraser Way and drives out to the airport. He locks the car and goes for a jog along a trail that runs out near the runway. He keeps the car in sight and comes back winded. He thinks he needs to get out and do this more often as he drives around by the hangers. He locates the parking lot from which the car was stolen in the insurance fraud case he is supposed to be working on and asks a technician in coveralls if he knows the boy who's car was stolen. The employee indicates it was one of the painters and he doesn't know him. The painter is apparently a new employee. He looks around the lot and decides he has to come back at night to get a better idea of the lighting and such. He also looks around the layout of the lot and surrounding roads where a thief might wait before striking. He checks the file and decides to drive the route from here to the gravel pit a few miles away where the vehicle was found burned out. He calls Marlene on his cell phone but there's no ...