“…And another thing, my husband is friends with the Chief Constable form the next county, and if you do not find me a senior officer within the next five minutes, I will have no hesitation in calling him, and I happen to know that he and his good lady wife are guests of the Norwegian Ambassador tonight, so he will be particularly annoyed at having to be disturbed. Do I make myself clear?”
The desk sergeant opened his mouth to reply, but before he had a chance, Cherry’s mother continued.
“What’s more…”
Susan and Connie stood just inside the inner doors of the station. They had been there for close to ten minutes now, and Delores Copeland had been screaming her lungs out at the poor officer on duty for the entire time.
It amazed Susan how the woman did not seem to need to pause for breat
