Blood On the Line (2011)
“Roland Riggs, the duty sergeant, was a big, beetle-browed man with an instinctive dislike of anyone who tried to take over an investigation he felt should be carried out by his own men. Colbeck and Leeming were given a frosty welcome. Accustomed to such treatment, they asserted their authority and drew all the relevant information out of Riggs. They learnt the names of the two murdered policemen and heard how the both of them had been hit by a train coming in the opposite direction. What Riggs ...could not explain was how two of his best officers had been unable to stop the prisoner from escaping.
‘Jeremy Oxley didn’t look like a dangerous man,’ he argued.
‘I knew it was him,’ said Colbeck.
‘The inspector has had a brush with Oxley before,’ explained Leeming. ‘That’s why he was so eager to take on the case.’ ‘By rights, it falls within our jurisdiction,’ insisted Riggs. ‘Bob Hungerford and Arthur Wakeley were good friends of mine.MoreLess
‘Jeremy Oxley didn’t look like a dangerous man,’ he argued.
‘I knew it was him,’ said Colbeck.
‘The inspector has had a brush with Oxley before,’ explained Leeming. ‘That’s why he was so eager to take on the case.’ ‘By rights, it falls within our jurisdiction,’ insisted Riggs. ‘Bob Hungerford and Arthur Wakeley were good friends of mine.MoreLess
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