Chapter 2
2 PC Theo Curwood brought the Volvo to just below sixty miles an hour before slowing to turn into the petrol station. Although the call hadn’t been given the highest level of priority, Theo was less than a mile from the scene when it had come in, and was otherwise having a pretty quiet night. He knew it was possible to peak at well over seventy on that stretch of road, but there was no immediate threat to life — and he didn’t fancy being responsible for one. As he was pulling in, another call came across the radio announcing another robbery that had just occurred at a petrol station on Chancel Street. Theo raised his eyebrows briefly, but wasn’t particularly shocked. It was often the case that robberies would follow in quick succession as a gang tried to get as many results as they coul
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