Bad Blood
“He was anxious to read the preliminary reports from the house-to-house teams.
But as he discovered, these early reports added up to very little, which wasn't altogether surprising as Sam Dally had said Clara Mortimer had died around 7.00 a m: a time when most people would either have been still in bed or just getting up and preparing themselves for another day.
Disappointed, he headed back to the scene, hoping Llewellyn's interviews of the other residents might have unearthed something more int...eresting.
He found Llewellyn outside the Priory Way apartment block organising yet another team. When he saw Rafferty, he dismissed the officers, made a brief note on the sheaf of papers he held on the clipboard he kept handy in his car, and walked towards him.
As Llewellyn explained what had so far been accomplished Rafferty nodded his approval. Llewellyn had done well in his absence. Not only had the teams he'd organised nearly finished the house-to-house in the streets in the immediate vicinity, they had also discovered the identities of the early-morning dog-walkers in the park opposite the block and had already spoken to several of these as well as the apartments' gardeners and interviewed almost all of the rest of the residents of the sheltered apartments.MoreLess
But as he discovered, these early reports added up to very little, which wasn't altogether surprising as Sam Dally had said Clara Mortimer had died around 7.00 a m: a time when most people would either have been still in bed or just getting up and preparing themselves for another day.
Disappointed, he headed back to the scene, hoping Llewellyn's interviews of the other residents might have unearthed something more int...eresting.
He found Llewellyn outside the Priory Way apartment block organising yet another team. When he saw Rafferty, he dismissed the officers, made a brief note on the sheaf of papers he held on the clipboard he kept handy in his car, and walked towards him.
As Llewellyn explained what had so far been accomplished Rafferty nodded his approval. Llewellyn had done well in his absence. Not only had the teams he'd organised nearly finished the house-to-house in the streets in the immediate vicinity, they had also discovered the identities of the early-morning dog-walkers in the park opposite the block and had already spoken to several of these as well as the apartments' gardeners and interviewed almost all of the rest of the residents of the sheltered apartments.MoreLess
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