Chapter 4Bits and pieces
It was hard for Ross and his team to comprehend that less than 24 hours earlier they'd been enjoying themselves at the wedding of their friend and colleague, Derek McLennan. Now, with the December frost eating into their frozen extremities, most of them found themselves sifting through the detritus that littered the trackside of the railway line just outside Mossley Hill Station in the company of Miles Booker's forensic team.
“This is f*****g mind numbing. I can hardly feel my fingers,” Detective Constable Nick Dodds moaned as he rummaged under a trackside bush, alongside D.C. Gary (Ginger) Devenish, the newest member of the team.
“Almost makes me wish I was back working with the Port Police,” Devenish replied, echoing Dodds' sentiments. “I mean, why are we doin
