Chapter Eleven
Carl looked up from his case notes when DC Beard knocked on the door of his office.
‘What’s up, Nigel?’
DC Beard stepped into the office. ‘Came across an interesting call to Crime Stoppers, Inspector. Someone reported they’d seen Clarke’s car the Saturday before he was murdered.’
Carl put down the pen he’d been using to update his notes. ‘Where?’
‘Outside a block of apartments in Portside.’
‘That’s a bit of a drive from East Park,’ said Carl. ‘Have you spoken to this person?’
‘Took a statement from Mr Rehn yesterday, who reckons he’d seen Clarke’s car parked in the street outside his apartment more than once. Apparently, Clarke was a regular visitor to the woman in number eight.’
‘How did he know it was Clarke?’
‘Identified him from his photograph in the paper,’ sai
