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One of the first things Wendy had realised after joining the police force was that you should never be surprised by anything. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, something else would pop up when you least expected it and throw a huge spanner in the works.
The realisation had stunned her. That Jack Culverhouse could not only have been reluctant to investigate a murder was shocking enough, but not entirely surprising. The possibility that he could have been more directly involved, though, was something else.
Her instinct was that she needed to speak to someone about this, but she was severely limited in her options. Frank, Debbie and Steve were completely out of the question as their loyalty to Culverhouse was stronger than hers. Going to Malcolm Pope or Charles Hawes would be equ
