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BLUE GHOSTS FAR OFF IN THE MIST
The officers in Mayfair didn’t have an awful lot to go on. Experienced detectives came to inspect the body at the crime scene. An attempt was made to search for clues. They conducted house-to-house enquiries and delved into the victim’s background. But nobody had spotted any suspicious behaviour or unsavoury characters in the vicinity. Although most pointed out that it was fairly simple to conceal oneself beneath the trees in the square if one had a mind to do so.
Police enquiries revealed the victim to have been a thoroughly respectable chap. Everybody spoke very highly of him, from his office to his club to his church. So, as much as they wished it otherwise, there really were no solid leads for the police to pursue. They had a theory that a g**g had
