There was nothing too unusual about that. But by now she would normally have heard from him; even his tardy sense of domestic responsibility normally prodded him to ring home before this time, especially now that his car had the phone that he had resisted as long as he could. Police wives are dis...
Lambert parked it beside the tiny children’s playground, where swings hung motionless in the dank air. There was not a soul to be seen on Christmas Eve. Lambert was reminded of the mining disaster which had been one of his most difficult assignments as a young, uniformed p...
He had been used to meeting quite senior officers on equal terms, was a member of Rotary, a man used to dealing with words and with people. The call he had expected came at two o’clock, whilst he was still at Oldford Golf Club. Detective Sergeant Hook from the CID was cour...