Chapter One
This novel uses British spelling and slang, so if there is a word or expression you don’t understand, there is a handy list at the back of this book.
‘He’s certainly made a gift of himself; it’s almost as if he wants to be caught.’
Rafferty didn’t know whether Professor Anthony Babbington was incredibly careless, or incredibly stupid, for all his fancy-dancy degrees. Either way, they’d bring him in, interview him, and charge him.
At his most prim and proper, his back straight as if he had half a tree trunk stuffed up his jacksie, Llewellyn replied from his corner desk. ‘Mm. It’s certainly odd.’ His gaze fixed quizzically on Rafferty. ‘Did you ask yourself why such an educated man would make so many elementary mistakes?’ Loftily, he added. ‘It makes one wonder whether someon
