Cradle to Grave by Aline Templeton

Author:Aline Templeton [Templeton, Aline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Mystery
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

There wasn’t much progress to report at the morning briefing. There was plenty of housekeeping to be done, of course – routine crime didn’t conveniently stop for a major investigation – but when it came to the follow-up on the killings, Fleming couldn’t with any degree of honesty say that there was a clear line to follow. At the moment it was a waiting game while forensic tests were running, and the reports never came in as quickly as you hoped they would.

Lack of clarity was bad for morale. The teams always worked harder and more effectively when the dog could see the rabbit, which, Fleming reflected gloomily, was at the moment well concealed in the undergrowth.

Still, she talked positively about what they knew already, cautioned against making the sort of assumptions the media were already making about Douglas Jamieson, and tasked the various teams with searches and interviews. She was just bringing the meeting to an end, asking if there were questions and/or suggestions, when the message came through that she was needed elsewhere.

As she went out, Fleming saw glances being exchanged, heard the ripple of talk and the word ‘Breakthrough?’ Years of bitter experience had made her less optimistic: it was always wise to assume that an unexpected development was bad news until proved otherwise. She went off to see her uniform counterpart, Mike Wallace.

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