Chapter 16Melanie
Crossing the car park to reach the pool car, Ross noticed Christine Bland casting a long look at a gleaming maroon Vauxhall Carlton, parked in one of the visitor spaces.
“Yours?” he asked, pointing to the pristine looking car, the Registration plate indicating the car to be around ten years old.
“Yes, it is,” Bland replied
“I thought you'd have owned something bang up to date and trendier than the Carlton,” he observed.
“Sentimental value, Inspector,” the profiler replied. “It belonged to my late father. He bought it brand new and it was his pride and joy. He looked after it as though it was his baby. When he died five years ago, I asked Mum if I could have it, and I've done my best to keep it as he'd have liked. Vauxhall ceased production of the Carlton a few years
