The investigation had stalled.
.The hunt for Frankie Starling was apparently no closer to resolution than on that first day he had been identified as a suspect.
The killing of Peter Cushman and the death of Rosie Palmer had been one of the most talked about crimes of recent years. Not just in West Garside or Yorkshire or even England; the murder of Peter Cushman and the killing of Rosie Palmer had shocked and horrified the entire nation.
Hordes of crime reporters from all over the country had descended on West Garside, to that small industrial town at the southern end of the West Riding of Yorkshire, a town that most of them had never heard of before and after sampling the delights of West Garside for a couple of days, probably wished never to hear of again.
Every hotel room, every bo
