Chapter Twelve: Painting
"Who shot Al Gauze?" Caulfield said. "That is the question."
In order to try and answer that conundrum, the Deputy Director had worked with his colleagues in the Organised Crime Unit of Manchester City Police to invite all the gangs up to Buile
Hill to do a spot of paint-balling.
It might have seemed unlikely it would happen - as the Police said at the time - but the gangs leapt at the chance of humiliating their rivals by splattering them in paint. Caulfield
was quite clear in telling the gang leaders that this was instead of using real guns and bullets. They did seem disappointed, but were willing to call Truce for a day. Just one day only.
"We get them all in one place," Caulfield assured Chief Inspector Green, "and someone is bound to let information sli
