Chapter 12Mispers
“I want to know who he is, and fast”
D.C.I. Porteous rarely raised his voice when speaking to his own officers, but the frustration caused by the team's inability to identify the second victim with two days having passed since the discovery of the bloodied corpse in the churchyard of St. Mark's was clearly evident as his voice now reached hitherto unheard of decibel levels, causing those in the murder team's conference room to visibly wince, as he addressed their morning briefing.
“We're doing all we can to i.d. the victim sir,” Ross replied in an attempt to placate his boss.”
“Then all you're doing just isn't good enough, Detective Inspector. We've had two killings in two days, and so far you and your team don't appear to have made any progress whatsoever.”
Allowing
