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The major incident room at Mildenheath CID was buzzing as Jack Culverhouse updated the team on what they’d discovered. Steve Wing was the first to ask questions.
‘What, so he decided that rather than let the cancer get him, he’d rather die in a house fire and frame someone else for it? That don’t make sense to me, guv.’
‘He didn’t die in a house fire, though, did he? He died from jumping off the balcony and hitting the slabs.’
Culverhouse watched as the cogs whirred in Steve’s brain, a gradual look of realisation creeping across his face.
‘So you’re saying that Galloway was never trying to escape the fire? Jesus. He was never aiming for the pool, was he? He always intended to hit the deck and die quickly and painlessly.’
‘Exactly. Think about it. This is the kind of guy whose whol
