Episode 12 - The engagement

Greg took things into his own hands for the rest of Saturday. After Gary had gone home he sat at his work-space for a while trying to decide how much rope Gary would give him when it came to the crunch. Gary still had a lot to learn about delegating and in the case of Fish’s assassination there was no time to lose.

Episode 11 - The sisters

Although Gary wanred to present a laid-back image, he was in fact extremely disturbed by the assassination of Ronnie Fish. He phoned Cleo because she brought reality back into his life through direct comments on what was going on. The cops and robbers of his fertile imagination often had the habit of becoming a reality he wished would go away.

Episode 10 - The colour black

At 5 in the morning, Gary woke stiff from hunched up hours on the sofa and shivered as he threw off his clothes and crept under the communal duvet. Cleo inevitably woke.

“I’m really really cold,” said Gary. The modest central heating Cleo had installed when she first arrived in Upper Thumpton would not come back oin for another hour.

Episode 9 - The cocktail

Gary remembered Daphne telling him that another young woman had been missing for about a year. He knew of no report that Bertie Browne would surely have made if an employee simply disappeared with no explanation given. Although chasing missing persons was not the job of the homicide department, he would have known if Bertie had made a fuss.

Episode 8 - The replacement

After successfully negotiating breakfast at the cottage, Gary still had time for another coffee before Gary went to HQ to talk to the two suspects lined up.