“A seagoing Dutch barge, its wooden mast supported a cross-spar from which hung a sail the colour of ox blood. Brass gleamed in the sun. The forty-foot deck held a series of benches and tables, a herb garden in flower pots, a ‘gyro’ clothes drier and a tethered goat. Valentine walked the gangplank with all the enthusiasm of a doomed pirate; naturally averse to water of any kind, he found the concept of floating on it deeply unsettling. Once aboard, he looked up in the rigging, his eye catching a... pair of trainers dangling from a cross-spa. Shaw, whistling, followed, his bones immediately seeking out the subtle movement of the vessel beneath his feet as the tide nudged it up against the stone quay. Shaw had one foot on board when he heard Valentine’s mobile pulse. The DS examined the screen. ‘It’s Jan,’ he said, holding up the message for Shaw. Murder. Lister Tunnel. Teenager.‘Right. Let’s get this done and get back. Ring Twine, make sure we’re in on the ground floor. Beatty Hood died on Parkwood Springs.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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