The proceeding got off to a somewhat rocky start when Uncle Edward turned up wearing his Panama hat, as promised, and not content with that, he greeted his former chief by hailing him heartily, secure in the knowledge that his old superior no longer presented any threat to his future. ‘How are you, old c**k?’
Ignoring his over familiar greeting and his somewhat breezy attire of jacket and flannels, the inspector welcomed them all with a strained smile. ‘I have been asked to invite you here today to review the apparent unexplained deaths of a number of Tom Conway’s family, since his passing.’
‘May I ask, Platt, if you have formed any conclusions?’ asked the chief constable, anxious to get on.
‘Yes, sir. If you remember, it was agreed initially that Conway took his own life due to depress
