Father Matthew Mackie

very swish all the same.

I had Ron down straightaway as a quick worker. I first found out that the famous trade union leader Ron Ritchie lived in the village

Donna has always been headstrong, always acted quickly and decisively. Which is a fine quality when you are right, but a liability when you are wrong. It’s great to be the fastest runner, but not when you’re running in the wrong direction.

Because who took the photograph in the first place?

at having been invalided out from the army, but there’s always something, isn’t there? We all have a sob story, but we don’t all go around killing people. Elizabeth told me to shut the door behind me and come and take a look at

Karen Playfair.

Elizabeth is going glassy-eyed with red wine, Ron is scratching at a West Ham tattoo on his neck, and Ibrahim is polishing an already-polished cufflink. The restaurant is filling up around them, and Donna is not the first visitor to Coopers Chase to think this wouldn’t be the worst place to live. She would kill for a glass of wine and an afternoon

Ian Ventham,