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CHAPTER 1

INSPECTOR NOWAK was sitting by the window in the darkness, gazing out at the empty street below. From the other room came the melancholy sound of Miles Davis’s trumpet. It was interrupted by the ringing of his phone. Nowak waited. At this time of night, whoever was calling would soon stop if it weren’t urgent. On and on it went though, and finally he answered it on the tenth ring.

“Nowak, it’s Sergeant Pawluk here. We need you.”

“What could it possibly be at this late hour that would require my attention?”

“There’s a body at a building site. That’s where I am now. And there are one or two things that I could do with a second opinion on.”

“Okay. Give me half an hour. Where is it?”

“It’s at the end of Batorego.”

“Where they’re building the new shopping centre?”

“That’s the place.”

“Okay, I’ll be with you soon.”

It was already past midnight and the streets were empty as his Saab rolled out of the guarded car park beside his block and set off towards the centre. Pawluk was waiting for him by the main gate of the building site. Inside an ambulance was parked, its blue light swirling in the darkness. Nowak was greeted by the two uniformed policemen standing by a sheet of black plastic that had been laid over the body. With a movement of his head, Nowak indicated that Pawluk should follow him into the shadows.

“What’s happened then?”

“The security guard found the body when he was doing his rounds at 11:30. He didn’t see anyone else about. Looks like the man either fell or jumped.”

“And do we know who he is?”

“No, he had no documents on him.”

“Okay, let’s go and speak to the security guard.”

“He’s in the offices over here. The site manager’s just arrived and is with him. He came down when he heard the news.”

“And have you spoken to him?”

“Not yet.”

They went over to the offices in the corner of the building site. They were a collection of twelve blue containers, each with two windows, stacked to make three levels. Pawluk lead the way up the iron stairs to the second floor where a light was on. When they entered, a man in his 60s, dressed in a cheap looking black uniform, was sitting with a younger man, who had a troubled look on his face. Nowak introduced himself and asked the security guard a few questions. The events were just as Pawluk had said. The evening had been quiet and uneventful after the last shift of the day had finished at 8 p.m. A truck had made a scheduled delivery of cement just after 10 p.m. After that nobody had been around. Or so he had thought. He started his regular patrol at 11:30 and just afterwards had come across the body.

Pawluk turned to the younger man. He stood up and, rather formally, introduced himself as Engineer Koch, the site manager.

“Do you know who the man is?” Nowak asked.

“I haven’t seen him yet. I’ve just arrived.”

“Okay, well let’s go and have a look.”

They went outside and Koch led them down the stairs to where the body lay. Nowak motioned to one of the policemen to pull back the plastic to reveal the face.

“Are you prepared for this?”

“It’s all part of the job, Inspector. We see things like this from time to time.”

They looked down at the bloodied, lifeless face.

“Familiar?” Nowak asked without any real expectation.

“Well, yes, I think so.”

“You think so?”

“I’m fairly sure. His name’s Milewski. I’ve come across him before.”

“And who is he?”

“He’s one of those Green activists; the ones who try to stop buildings being built.”

Nowak knew something of it. All around Warsaw for the last 20 years, new buildings had been started and then had mysteriously stopped. Sometimes the contractors got no further than fencing off the land. Other times they managed to dig holes deep into the ground. Occasionally they got as far as building a few skeletal storeys. But if the permits were not in order, the protestors would go to court and everything would come to a halt. The building sites would then stand idle, while the grass and weeds grew, and the activists negotiated with the developers.

“And do you have any idea what he could have been doing here?”

“Not really. I know he was trying to halt the building process. But what he was doing here at 11:30 at night, I don’t know. Your guess is as good as mine on that one.”

“You said his name was Milewski? We need to formally identify him. Do you know his first name?”

“Cyryl. I’m sure he’ll be in your system, Inspector. The Police tend to know about people like him.”

“Okay, well I think you can go now. I suppose you have things to do when people are found dead on your building site.”

“Yes. Will you be needing me again?”

“At some point. But not tonight. We’ll have a look around and document where he fell. Then we’ll take the body away. It’ll take a few hours.”

“Okay, I’ll be around, though, if you need me.”

Nowak went over to Pawluk. “Come on, let’s have a look at the place where he fell from. Any ideas where it is?”

“I asked the security guard and he thinks it’s up there.” He pointed to one of the upper floors, to a place where a barrier was missing.

“That looks a bit suspicious.”

“Maybe. But you see there’s a lift there, just below. The guard said it takes things up and down for the workmen. The lift should be parked where the gap is.”

“But it isn’t.”

“He said they must have forgotten about it. And then this man must have fallen through the gap.”

Nowak called over to Koch. “How do we get up there?”

“You can go up in the lift.”

“In the circumstances we’d better not.”

“There are ladders inside then.”

Nowak and Pawluk disappeared into the shadows inside the building. There was just enough light to see the ladders. By the time they got to the top, Pawluk was waiting for his colleague. They stood for a moment while Nowak caught his breath, looking around.

“It’s a bit dark to see much,” Nowak said.

“Lucky I brought this.” Pawluk switched on the torch he’d taken from the offices and they immediately saw that there was a layer of dust on the floor. In it there were lots of footprints leading to the edge.

“There’s not much I can make out here. When the lift’s there, there must be plenty of people going in and out of it. Let’s get the forensics man up to have a look at things with an expert eye.”

They descended very carefully, and found the young forensics man standing behind the ambulance just about to light a cigarette.

“Go on,” Nowak said to him, “it’s going to be a long night.”

“Sure. What did you find up there?”

“There’s plenty of dust and plenty of footprints. So there should be something for us. See if you can match a set of footprints to those of the dead man. And see what else you can discover.”

“Leave it to me, Inspector.”

After having a look at the scene where the body landed, Nowak told Pawluk they might as well go, and leave the forensics man to do his work. Once he’d finished, they could decide if there were any grounds for suspicion. It was almost 4 o’ clock when Nowak drove his Saab back into the guarded car park beside his block. When he got inside he pressed play on the CD player, poured himself a small whisky and lay down on the sofa. First light was just beginning to break as he drifted off to sleep, accompanied by the twittering and chirping of the birds in the trees outside his window.

1. Choose the best answer A, B or C.

[ check the answer ]

1. What was not at the building site?

a. medical help

b. a delivery truck

c. a corpse

2. What was the last delivery of the day?

a. bricks

b. cement

c. pipes

3. Who was not in the office when Nowak and Pawluk entered?

a. a security guard

b. the site manager

c. a policeman

4. Why did building contractors sometimes get no further than building a fence?

a. Because of geological problems.

b. Because of financial problems.

c. Because of protestors.

5. Why was there a gap in the safety barrier?

a. Vandals had broken the barrier.

b. Someone had forgotten to park the lift correctly.

c. The wood had been stolen.

6. What was the forensics man doing as the detectives came down from the building?

a. He was examining the body.

b. He was talking to the site manager.

c. He was lighting a cigarette.

2. Choose the correct form to complete the sentence.

[ check the answer ]

1. A body was found at the builder / building site.

2. The guarded car park was situated aside / beside Nowak‘s block.

3. The offices were a collection / collecting of twelve blue containers.

4. He greeted them rather formal / formally.

5. They looked at the victim‘s unlively / lifeless face.

3. Search out words from the previous chapter.

[ check the answer ]

CHAPTER 2

WHEN NOWAK arrived at the Police Station on Wilcza at 10:00 the next day, Pawluk was waiting for him.

“I don’t know how you get by on so little sleep,” Nowak said with a note of envy.

“The kids were up before 7 for school. You know how it is...”

“It’s not something I miss. Any progress with the body from the building site?”

“The forensic team completed their work. I’ve had a look through the initial findings and there’s nothing suspicious.”

“Okay, should I read their report?”

“I’m not sure there’s much point. There’s not much in it, except the facts. And besides which, we’ve received this.”

He handed a note to Nowak. “It’s from the Chief.”

Nowak read what was written. “So, it seems there’s nothing for us to do then. He says there are no grounds for launching an investigation. I’d have preferred another day to ask a few questions.”

“But if he says no investigation’s necessary.”

“You see, Pawluk, this is what happens when budgets are tightened. He was at one of his meetings with the financial people yesterday, and this is the result. Can you do one thing for me, though.”

“What’s that?”

“Do a quick check on the building site and see if anything’s happened there. Accidents, that sort of thing. It shouldn’t take more than half an hour. In the meantime, I’ll finish off this paperwork.”

When Nowak was done he went down to the canteen in the basement for a cup of coffee. On his way, he dropped in on Pawluk and told him to join him when he finished his checks on the building site. He had just ordered his second cup when his sergeant arrived.

“Well?”

“There is something. It’s not the first dead body on the building site. There was a teenager found dead there four weeks ago.”

“I thought I remembered reading something.”

“It was just an accident, though. He was up on one of the top floors tagging the outside wall and it seems he lost his balance and fell.”

“Was there any investigation?”

“Not by our boys. The building inspectorate sent their team down as a matter of procedure. Everything was in order. The site was secure. The place where he fell from was properly maintained. They even had CCTV footage of him spraying the wall. Just a tragic accident.”

“That’s that then.”

They sat and drank their coffees, reading the newspapers that had been left on the tables. On the front page of one was a report of the death at the building site. Another had a headline about a controversial road-building project that had just been finished. Nowak began reading the story. It had run 20% over budget and the media had got hold of some information about a lack of transparency in the awarding of contracts. A senior figure in the Ministry of Infrastructure had resigned over the matter. That hadn’t satisfied the media though. They smelled blood and were now reporting that the route of the road had been changed to protect the land values of an area near the river which would bring in significant amounts of money to the city.

“Did you read about this?” Nowak said to Pawluk.

“No, it becomes boring after a while reading about all these scandals.”

“They won’t let this one go, though. There’s a big finger pointing the mayor’s way.”

“It’s not the first time, is it? What is it they call him, Mr 10%?” They both laughed.

1. Answer the questions according to the text.

[ check the answer ]

1. Why was Pawluk earlier for work than Nowak?

...............................................

2. According to his note, what did the Chief want the policemen to do?

...............................................

3. What happened to the teenager mentioned in the chapter?

...............................................

4. What stories featured on the front pages of the two newspapers?

...............................................

2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.

[ check the answer ]

paperwork     tightened     findings     tagging     awarding     basement

1. The policemen went through the initial ..................... .

2. This is what happens when budgets are ................ .

3. He wanted to stay a little longer to finish off the ..................... .

4. He went down to the canteen in the ..................... for a cup of coffee.

5. He was on one of the top floors ..................... the outside wall.

6. The conditions for ..................... contracts weren‘t clear.

ODPOWIEDZI

Chapter 1

1.

[ back to the exercise ]

1. b, 2. b, 3. c, 4. c, 5. b, 6. c

2.

[ back to the exercise ]

1. building

2. beside

3. collection

4. formally

5. lifeless

3.

[ back to the exercise ]

motion, forensics,

idle, shift, indicate,

drift, gap

Chapter 2

1.

[ back to the exercise ]

1. He has children who wake up early.

2. He wanted them to stop the investigation.

3. He fell and died.

4. The death at the building site and a controversial road building project.

2.

[ back to the exercise ]

1. findings

2. tightened

3. paperwork

4. basement

5. tagging

6. awarding

Glossary

Chapter 1

gaze out – wyglądać

urgent – pilny

I could do with... – przydał(a)by mi się...

roll out – wytaczać się

swirl – wirować

sheet – płachta

indicate – wskazywać

do rounds – robić obchód

(building) site – budowa

stack – ustawiać jedno na drugim

uneventful – niczym nie zakłócony

scheduled – zaplanowany

shift – zmiana, tu: w pracy

come across – spotykać, natknąć się na

motion – wskazywać gestem

pull back – cofać, tu: uchylać

reveal – odsłaniać, ukazywać

lifeless – martwy, bez życia

familiar – znajomy

fairly – całkiem

fence off – odgradzać

storey – kondygnacja

permit – zezwolenie

come to a halt – zatrzymywać się

idle – bezczynnie

weed – chwast

halt – wstrzymywać

tend to – mieć skłonność do czegoś, przeważnie coś robić

at some point – kiedyś

have a look around – rozglądać się

gap – dziura, przerwa

circumstance – okoliczność

catch one’s breath – łapać dech

layer – warstwa

make out – dostrzegać, wypatrzeć

forensics – medycyna sądowa

descend – schodzić

be about to do sth – właśnie mieć coś zrobić

plenty – mnóstwo

match – dopasować

might as well... – może właściwie...

grounds – podstawy (do podejrzeń)

break (light, dawn) – świtać

drift off to sleep – zasypiać

twitter – ćwierkać

chirp – świergotać

Chapter 2

get by – dawać radę

note of envy – nuta zazdrości

initial – początkowy

findings – odkrycia

hand – podawać

launch an investigation – wszczynać dochodzenie

if – tu: skoro

tighten – ograniczać

do a check – sprawdzać

that sort of thing – coś w tym stylu

canteen – stołówka

be done – skończyć

drop in on sb – wpadać do kogoś

tag – malować graffiti

lose one’s balance – tracić równowagę

as a matter of procedure – zgodnie z procedurą

maintain – utrzymywać

CCTV – kamera przemysłowa

footage – materiał filmowy

that’s that – to by było na tyle

headline – tytuł, nagłówek

run over budget – przekroczyć budżet

get hold of sth – dobrać się do czegoś

transparency – transparentność

award –przyznawać np. nagrodę

senior figure – tu: wysoki urzędnik

smell blood – zwąchać, np. szansę

significant – istotny

amount – ilość

let go – zostawiać w spokoju

mayor – burmistrz