‘Good morning, everybody,’ Grace greeted the assembled team, looking around the MIR room at the familiar faces, a team with which she had worked on previous cases and in which she held great confidence.
‘This is Day One of the investigation into the body discovered yesterday in Shallito Woods,’ she continued gravely. ‘This investigation has been designated as Operation Incline, but do not ask me what that means or why the computer has chosen that name.’
‘Probably because it’s going to be an uphill struggle?’ quipped DS Fred Burbage.
Grace smiled. Fred Burbage could always be counted upon to have something to say. Frequently however, it was something that ought not to have been said. He had incurred Grace’s wrath on several occasions for racist or sexist remarks, even though he was neith
