DI Don Talbot made a call to Les Connor who answered after the third ring. It was his mate Don after all.
‘Don.’
‘Got something you need to tell me?’
‘No, I, ah, no.’
‘Norton dies in your motel two nights ago and you don’t tell me?’
‘Sorry, Don, I…
‘After all the protection I have afforded you, Les. That’s bad manners. I found out from a journo. What’s going on, mate?
mate‘I can’t talk about it, mate.’
‘From now, I am not your mate. I am Detective Inspector Talbot, Kings Cross Police who may or may not tear you a new arsehole if I don’t get the right answer. Understand?’
‘He died. Heart attack in one of the rooms?’
‘Heart attack, Les. Mate, you can do better than that.’
‘He was with a hooker, died on the job.’
‘Who came to look into it?’
‘Guy called Thompson from what he said
