Show him in.’ It was the following morning, and Ravenscroft had arrived at the police station to interview Leewood. The constable opened the door. An elderly gentleman, dressed in working clothes and adorned with a snowy white beard, shuffled into the room. &nb...
If you had seen how distressed she was, in this very room, you would also have felt compelled to do all within your power to reunite her with her poor infant child.’‘I am sure there must be some logical explanation for all this,’ said Ravenscroft, placing another log on the fire whilst attempting...
‘Anstruther?’ ‘At Hereford. Apparently he fell whilst endeavouring to change horses at one of the local inns. A doctor was called, and one of our men in the town thought that the stranger there might fit the description we had sent out earlier in the day.’ ‘Is he badly injured?’ ‘Broken arm by al...
I think we both had the distinct impression yesterday that several of the lodgers at Talbots’ were not exactly telling us the truth. I am convinced that one of them must have encountered Jones in the past, and that was why the man had to be silenced. The problem is, which one? Who do you think is...