Tom was one of five uniforms to be sent to The Grand Hotel, where a body had been found in one of the rooms. He had been looking forward to doing a thorough search of the antique shop, but that would have to wait. This murder didn’t have the same appeal. It happened a lot in this part of the town, where the nightlife could get rather dangerous. Although, this lady was killed around three o’clock in the afternoon. He was standing in the entrance, and his job was to stop anyone from leaving or entering.
The bar was already full of drinkers who were all giving their opinions about the murder. “I heard it was a couple that had been here for a week. Bit strange, they said. Good-looking woman, apparently.”
“Don’t know what they were doing here. Not sightseeing, I know.”
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