The Ring of Death (2010)
“Cousins bent down and examined the two rectangular indentations – both four inches long and two inches broad – which had been made in the earth.
‘What would you say they indicate, Constable Pickering?’ he asked.
‘A ladder,’ Pickering said dutifully.
‘Couldn’t be anything else, could it?’ Cousins agreed. ‘So this is where the bastard gained access.’ Pickering knelt and ran his finger across the dip. ‘Do you think so, Sarge?’ he asked dubiously.
‘Don’t you?’ Cousins replied.
‘Well, I don’t know,’... Pickering admitted. ‘There’s no chance he could have brought the body in some time before last night, is there?’ ‘No, there isn’t,’ Cousins said. ‘Stockwell was seen alive as late as yesterday afternoon. What makes you ask that?’ ‘Well, I do a bit of gardening, you see – on an allotment,’ Pickering said, in a low voice, as if he didn’t want the other constable to hear him.
‘So?’ ‘So you can tell when earth’s been turned over by the state it’s in.MoreLess
‘What would you say they indicate, Constable Pickering?’ he asked.
‘A ladder,’ Pickering said dutifully.
‘Couldn’t be anything else, could it?’ Cousins agreed. ‘So this is where the bastard gained access.’ Pickering knelt and ran his finger across the dip. ‘Do you think so, Sarge?’ he asked dubiously.
‘Don’t you?’ Cousins replied.
‘Well, I don’t know,’... Pickering admitted. ‘There’s no chance he could have brought the body in some time before last night, is there?’ ‘No, there isn’t,’ Cousins said. ‘Stockwell was seen alive as late as yesterday afternoon. What makes you ask that?’ ‘Well, I do a bit of gardening, you see – on an allotment,’ Pickering said, in a low voice, as if he didn’t want the other constable to hear him.
‘So?’ ‘So you can tell when earth’s been turned over by the state it’s in.MoreLess
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