‘Quite a lot. J. R. was shot–’
‘Yes, so I recall. I always did have a soft spot for Dynasty.’
Dynasty‘Dallas.’
Dallas‘I meant Dallas.’ His lips twisted. ‘Wasn’t Dallas before your time?’
DallasDallas‘The repeats are on YouTube.’
‘The wonders of technology. A pity we don’t have all our police records digitised yet. What’s the story with the files?’
Capstick, carrying a red ring-binder that had seen better days, was trying but failing to conceal the excitement on his face. ‘These are the ones we’re after.’
They sat down at a sawdust-scented desk. Capstick carefully opened the ring-binder, partly to avoid throwing more dust around and partly for dramatic effect. Then he began to read.
‘“Events of Wednesday the 31st of October 1984 in chronological order: at 8.35am a 999 call from a me
