Lamb to the Slaughter
“To DI Fleming, at her desk with a constantly ringing phone, it felt almost difficult to breathe, as if the air had been sucked out by the firestorm it had created. She was trying not to look again at the double-page spread, open in front of her, which featured snipers who had conducted reigns of terror in other, mainly American, towns.
She was waiting for a summons from Superintendent Bailey, who had been thrown by the Chief Constable to the lions of the press, armed only with a statement which... condemned irresponsible speculation, pointed out that the investigations were still in their very early stages, with fresh evidence coming in all the time, and rounded off with the usual appeal to the public for information, in particular any activity near Wester Seton farm.
It was intended to assure the population that there was no need for alarm and to dampen down the wildest of the rumours, but Fleming suspected that even Bailey – a man not given to underestimating his capabilities – had few illusions about the outcome.MoreLess
She was waiting for a summons from Superintendent Bailey, who had been thrown by the Chief Constable to the lions of the press, armed only with a statement which... condemned irresponsible speculation, pointed out that the investigations were still in their very early stages, with fresh evidence coming in all the time, and rounded off with the usual appeal to the public for information, in particular any activity near Wester Seton farm.
It was intended to assure the population that there was no need for alarm and to dampen down the wildest of the rumours, but Fleming suspected that even Bailey – a man not given to underestimating his capabilities – had few illusions about the outcome.MoreLess
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