Diplomatic circles did not get much of a run in State capitals; they are as peripheral as a species that not even conservationists could care about. No editor could tell you the number of embassies in Canberra nor the names of 95 per cent of the ambassadors. But this case was a juicy fruit and they were determined to squeeze every drop from it. Even the talkback hosts were inviting their listeners to voice an opinion and the experts way out there at the end of the airwaves were not backward in coming forward. The only opinion-makers withholding their pens were the cartoonists. The case was not yet a joke nor fit for jokes. Chief Superintendent Random was not joking as he addressed the morning conference in the Incident Room at Surry Hills: “We've got to get our finger out. The Prime Minister has been on to the Premier, he's been on to the Police Minister, he's been on to the Commissioner, he's been on to Assistant Commissioner Hassett and he's—” He gave his thin grin. “I'm at the end of the line and I'm black-and-blue.
What do You think about Yesterday's Shadow (2013)?
