Although the murder of Peter Frost was Grace’s number one priority, other cases still had to be investigated, e
vidence garnered, arrests made, suspects questioned, charges brought, and court appearances carried out.
The young couple who’d tricked their way into the homes of elderly widows and then threatened them whilst ransacking their homes looking for cash or valuables had finally been caught, although to DC Barry Landymore’s chagrin, not by his skills as a detective, but by the quick-wittedness of their next intended victim.
Seventy-four-year-old widow Emily Brown had been suspicious of the couple who had presented themselves as being from Social Services and when she refused to open the door, the man had tried to force it open, but Emily, as she always did, had slipped the securit
