A cold Autumn rain spattered against the windows of the briefing room as the team assembled, seating themselves around the large oval table. They each had a bound A4 folder containing all the crime scene photographs and summaries of relevant information. Two additional white boards had been set up. One of the new boards had a photograph of David Jarrett, whilst a photograph of Julia Jarrett was displayed on the other.
The other boards displayed further information including blood spatter, footprint photographs, and autopsy photos showing the injuries to Donald Jarrett’s head and the ligature marks on Janet’s neck, even though all the photos were in the A4 binders.
‘Good morning everybody,’ Grace greeted them, ‘this is the second briefing of Operation Snowdrop, day three since the dis
