“But they must have had a reason sir,” Drake said, after having been silent for some minutes. “What if the U-Boat itself formed part of the secret?”
“Go on, Izzie, what are you thinking?”
“Well sir, changing the number of the submarine only makes sense if the Germans didn't want it identified it were sunk or captured by the allies. What if it held some secrets that they wanted to cover up at any cost?”
“Such as?”
“I've no idea, sir. It was just an idea.”
In fact, Ross thought it a very good idea that could help their case if they could discover exactly what the extent of the Nazis subterfuge really added up to.
“Derek,” he looked at McLennan.
“I know sir, ask Haller.”
“Good lad, Derek,” Ross said, at the same time thinking what an excellent and intuitive detective Derek McLennan ha
