A Burial of the PastSean Connor returned to his home on the outskirts of town shortly before seven that evening. Between them, he and Lucy Clay had set in motion the various threads that he hoped would provide them with a springboard from which to advance the investigation. Detective Chief Inspector Lewis had given his blessing to an extra three detectives being assigned to work with Connor and Clay, so in addition to the number of uniformed officers already working flat out on various tasks connected with the investigation, Sean Connor now had a team of over thirty officers working virtually full-time on the case. By six o'clock, he'd exhausted the amount of productive work achievable for the day, so Connor had taken the decision to call it a day and head for home.
Now, he sat in his kit
