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  70. Adam Croft

‘All things which heavily suggest the killer was very keen — almost desperate — to make sure the church was the dump site, Dex.’

‘So why there? It hasn’t been a church for fifty years. It’s hardly a religious building anymore. There are dozens of churches in Rutland the killer could’ve chosen. I can’t think of a single one that’s harder to reach than Normanton. If it was about religion, he’d have picked another church — an actual church.’

‘No. He specifically needed it to be this one.’

‘Why?’

‘I don’t know. That’s what we need to find out.’

‘Then perhaps we should concentrate on what we do know.’

Caroline looked at Dexter, well aware that Sara Henshaw and Aidan Chilcott were shuffling awkwardly. ‘Detective Sergeant Antoine, can I talk to you outside for a moment please?’

Without waiting for an answer, she walked out of the incident room and took a few steps further down the corridor. Dexter followed behind.

‘Can you remind me who’s in charge of this investigation, Detective Sergeant Antoine?’

‘You are.’

‘Correct. And before you say it, yes, I am aware we’re a team and that we all need to pull our weight and offer suggestions. I know you don’t think there’s a religious connection with Roger Clifton’s death. You’ve made that perfectly clear. But the location of the dump site is clearly a huge part of this, and all avenues will be investigated. And whilst I appreciate your enthusiasm in continually trying to hammer that home to me, I do not appreciate you doing so in front of the rest of the team. You’re a good copper, Dex, but you need to wind your neck in, alright? I do not need you undermining me in my incident room. Do you understand?’

Dexter nodded, his teeth gritted hard. This time, he wasn’t going to follow his boss back into the incident room; he was going to get a strong coffee.

16

The rest of the day passed in a blur of admin and collating everything that was known so far with regards to Operation Forelock. Caroline didn’t mind, though. She was happy to be locked away on her own, unable to get pissed off or piss anyone else off.

It seemed to be a common thread recently that people got pissed off when she was around. It wasn’t something that had ever bothered her too much. She just assumed that was how people were round here. But a few things Dexter had said recently had started to play on her mind. It wasn’t normal for her. She didn’t like being irritable. She wasn’t interested in being a social animal, but at the same time she didn’t want to fall out with anyone unnecessarily — especially not her colleagues or local people she might need to rely on in the future.