Aconite and Old JudgesConnor and Carrick felt a rapport for each other almost from the opening of their conversation. It was evident to each man that the other was, like himself a consummate professional and a man who would let nothing get in the way of the search for the truth. There was a warmth about each of them that transmitted itself across the miles through the telephone connection and the two detective inspectors were soon engaged in an honest and very open discussion about their respective cases. They soon agreed that so far neither of them had anything approaching a single lead to go on, much less any idea of the motive for the poisonings. Normally in a murder case the first twenty four hours after the murder were crucial to any investigation. In these cases however, it had been
