Chapter Eight
Publican Found Dead in Apparent Robbery!
—Front page headline from The Fens Gazette
Thelonious had found a garage in the area that did a fairly decent patch-up job on his broken passenger-side wing mirror. He decided it would have to do until he could book in a repair with the nearest dealership, which was up in Norwich. Although it probably needed replacing, he’d manage for the time being. It was really more an aesthetic issue; he loved his Mini Cooper, and he wasn’t about to let his standards start slipping now.
It was a beautiful summer day in Norfolk with not a cloud or raindrop predicted, so he decided to drive a bit further afield to the Fens. After the fiasco of the previous day, not to mention the wash-out at the beach before that, he was determined to make up for
