MCNAMARA DIDN’T STAY away from his office very long. He returned into his office after a little over a quarter of an hour.
The chief inspector had just gone to visit the forensic department. He wanted to find out what they had learnt so far.
The DCI was satisfied when Steven Gilchrist told him that he had already prepared a preliminary report. Steven had included the findings in Cullum and Neil’s flat, and he had just sent the report to McNamara by email.
The DCI had also thought of touching base with Stewart, but that thought had a short span of life.
The detective imagined that the medical examiner was busy enough with the other post-mortems and didn’t need or welcome the detective's interference.
McNamara knew the coroner’s usual gloomy mood very well, and he didn’t want to aggrava
