Chapter Twenty-ThreeAlan was in the incident room explaining how the fingerprints and DNA of the man who had been found dead in bed were not the same as those on other items in the room. “Which could mean that the dead man was not the man who booked the room,” he said, tapping the man's photo as he spoke. “If that's the case, then who is he and what was he doing in the room?”
He then went on to discuss the findings in the case of the robbery.
Jones and his partner, Smithers, had spoken to every member of staff who had been in the shop the morning of the robbery.
“Everyone was keen to help us with the inquiry,” Smithers told the DCIs as he ran through the list of names in his notebook. “Yet they all swear they never saw a customer even try to venture behind the counter.”
“Therefore,” Jo
