They drove back to West Garside through glistening wet roads, the rains had moved on and the clouds were breaking up to allow thin shafts of sunlight through.
t‘Danny, the fact that Janet Jarrett was strangled is something we keep to ourselves I want this tucked away in our back pockets. Nobody outside the team should know about it, if the killer thinks that we are still buying his murder/suicide script, he may relax, become less vigilant, thinking he’s got away with it.’
‘I wonder about that, ma’am, sorry, I just can’t break that habit. I mean he must have watched ‘CSI’ or ‘Silent Witness.’ Even I know that a broken hyoid bone is an unmistakeable sign of strangulation.’
Grace smiled, pleased that Danny was not afraid to express an opinion.
