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In the meantime, the local police were left pondering, having telephoned Amanda just before she went upstairs; Jack had gone running ahead, excited like a kid at Christmas, though he did halt at the landing, realising his wife was no longer stroking his bum. After thanking them for the crime-scene photos, Mandy informed the community policing department, the department she used to run, of Jack’s theories, sensing she could make a fool of herself, but also aware that, if Jack had spoken to Seb in his shed, there might be more to his theories than just total twaddle.
Was the community policing team still run by Superintendent Amanda Austin and DCI Jack Austin? And if it was, how come it was considered by many to be an elite squad, boasting a reputation for solving the most obscure of
