Episode 16 - The lion's den

After completing what had to be completed at HQ, Gary disentangled himself, told Nigel to hold the fort and not stand any nonsense from the arrestees, and drove home to a late lunch. He could access reports from there and wanted to get to Dorothy’s cottage to be close to Gibbons’ place. But first he wanted to talk things through with Cleo.

Episode 15 - The small world

Gary stopped Cleo’s red car in front of a pompous-looking villa on the edge of Middlethumpton. Midas Avenue was clearly nouveau riche. The shapely front lawns looked like artificial turf  and the flower-beds looked as if they contained pre-ordered pots full of plants and flowers that don’t grow outside in temperate climates.

Episode 14 - The dreamer

It was some hours before Gary could escape from his job at HQ and drive home. There were too many open questions and far too few survivors to answer them. He and Nigel would adjourn till the following day. 

Episode 13 - The interview

Nigel had talked to Daphne on the phone and she was going to be at HQ by eleven, when the new receptionist had started her shift at the Gazette. Daphne had recovered from her ‘audition’ week. The mystery was just how she had managed to get out unscathed. Fish and his acolytes must have had more pressing worries, or they had deliberately made it possible for her to leave. 

Daphne declared that she had put it all behind her.