‘He gets off on humiliating people and playing God. He thinks he is above everyone else. Total narcissist.’

‘Anything else you can remember? What about his wife?’

‘Oh, yeah, when he brought her to the site you had to keep your eyes down. If he thought you were looking at her then you were in trouble. And God help you if you tried to help her out in any way.’

‘In what way?’ Imogen said.

‘In the losing your arm kind of way.’ He smiled bitterly before leaning back in his armchair.

So, Rajesh Baqri had tried to help Angela Corrigan and then ended up without an arm. Adrian had to wonder if Reece Corrigan would have the balls to go after a police officer. He took an arm from Baqri, would he try to take something from Adrian?

‘Did you try to help Angela?’ Adrian said.

‘I didn’t want to get involved, but I used to ask her how she was doing, which was more than anyone else seemed to do. I guess I know why.’

‘Did you know Simon Glover or Leon Quick?’

‘Simon was one of Corrigan’s shadows; he’s always got one or two around him. They are probably the smart ones – keep your enemies closer and all that. What’s happened to Simon?’

‘What makes you think something has happened to Simon?’ Imogen said.

‘Well, aside from anything else, why would you be asking me about him?’

‘We pulled Simon’s body from the River Exe,’ Imogen said.

‘I saw that on the news. That was him?’

‘It was. He was beaten. Did you ever see anything like that happen while you were there?’

‘Obviously not to that level, but I did see a couple of beatings take place.’

‘Beatings for what?’ Imogen asked.

‘Anything Corrigan felt like, shoddy work, being lippy – we were walking on eggshells a lot of the time,’ Baqri said.

‘Who administered the beatings?’ Imogen said.

‘The ones I saw? Simon did. He did whatever Corrigan told him to do. Let me guess, he got involved with Angela.’

‘That seems to be the case,’ Adrian said.

‘How about her? Is she all right?’ he asked with a heavy sigh.

‘How close were you with Angela?’ Imogen said.

‘Not close, but anyone with eyes could see what was going on in that relationship. Most people were too afraid to do anything. I took her to the hospital once and I lost my arm for it. There’s something about Corrigan. It’s hard to explain, but you kind of get the feeling he would do anything, that nothing is off limits. He is one sinister individual.’

‘Why didn’t anyone go to the police?’ Imogen said.

‘It was understood that bad things would happen if you did. They weren’t empty threats – as you can see.’

‘We spoke to Leon Quick and he seemed terrified. Do you know why?’ Imogen said.