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  1. Cover
  2. FIND THEM DEAD
  3. Dedication page
  4. Maps
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  117. GLOSSARY
  118. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  119. NOW A MAJOR ITV SERIES
  120. I FOLLOW YOU
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  127. DISCOVER THE ROY GRACE BOOKS
  128. FIND THEM DEAD
  129. The Detective Superintendent Roy Grace books in order
  130. Also by Peter James

Grace chose his words carefully. ‘Meaning it is possible that Michael Starr believed that Terence Gready was behind his brother’s death.’

‘Why would Gready want that, boss?’ Alldridge asked. ‘That doesn’t seem to make any sense. Are you suggesting it was to silence his brother? But would he have made a credible witness?’

‘I’m with you, John,’ Grace replied. ‘At the moment it makes no sense. But when you hear the sound of hooves, think horses, not zebras. We have a man on trial for his freedom for pretty much the rest of his life, and Starr’s brother, on whom he doted and with whom he lived, murdered. There is, surely, a high chance the two are connected.’

‘But how?’ EJ asked.

‘I don’t know, EJ, but I have a feeling there is a connection. If we find it, we’ll solve the case.’ He shrugged. ‘Are there any updates from any of you following other lines of enquiry?’

Potting raised a hand. ‘Chief, DC Alldridge and I went to Goodwood Aero Club and spoke to the secretary and a number of pilots, to see on the off-chance if any of them had been up in the air around the time of Stuie’s murder. I left some Op Canoe leaflets with them. Then I did the same with a local gliding club. But nothing positive to report – so far.’

‘Good work, guys,’ Grace said. ‘As I see it, we have two current significant lines of enquiry. The first is Terence Gready and the drugs world. The second is still the possibility this was a burglary gone badly wrong. Keep going. Dissi u surici a nuci, dammi tempo ca ti perciu.’

His team looked at him blankly. He looked at Potting. ‘So Italian didn’t feature in your studies, Norman, alongside geography?’

Potting shook his head.

‘I’ll translate,’ Grace said. ‘A mouse tells a walnut, Just wait, I’ll crack you eventually.’

83

Wednesday 22 May

It was gone 8 p.m., but it was still full daylight outside. Roy Grace sat alone in his office, sifting through copies of some of the documents for the Terence Gready prosecution, seeing if any of the evidence linked in any way to Stuie Starr. Laid out on his desk was a thick wad of paper, a printout of all calls made from the offices of TG Law going back to four weeks prior to the arrest of Mickey Starr in November last year.

He had the analysis by Aiden Gilbert’s Digital Forensics Team of the calls made from the mobile phone dropped by Mickey Starr at Newhaven Port. Additionally, there was a further printout of regular calls from the Lewes Prison phone log to the brother’s phone.