The Coffin Lane Murders
“Inspector Faro Mystery No.8 Chapter 5 Faro had just set foot in the Central Office when Superintendent Spens appeared at his door.
'Another murder, have you, Faro?' he asked. His somewhat weary tone indicated that such events happened every day and that his chief inspector attracted them as other men attracted the present influenza epidemic.
Superintendent Spens ('No relative to Sir Patrick of that ilk' he insisted) had replaced Superintendent Mackintosh, recently retired, his decent pension ...failing to compensate for the list of woes with which he regaled listeners on the subject of 'How I failed to qualify for my knighthood'.
Despite the abrasive quality of their relationship over the years, Faro missed him. His successor was of a different breed from Mackintosh, who had worked his way up from the ranks, a fact that he had been proud to remember and keen not to let anyone else ever forget. It was perhaps the only ground for agreement between Faro and himself.
Percival Spens was college-educated, he had left the University of St Andrews with first class honours in history.MoreLess
'Another murder, have you, Faro?' he asked. His somewhat weary tone indicated that such events happened every day and that his chief inspector attracted them as other men attracted the present influenza epidemic.
Superintendent Spens ('No relative to Sir Patrick of that ilk' he insisted) had replaced Superintendent Mackintosh, recently retired, his decent pension ...failing to compensate for the list of woes with which he regaled listeners on the subject of 'How I failed to qualify for my knighthood'.
Despite the abrasive quality of their relationship over the years, Faro missed him. His successor was of a different breed from Mackintosh, who had worked his way up from the ranks, a fact that he had been proud to remember and keen not to let anyone else ever forget. It was perhaps the only ground for agreement between Faro and himself.
Percival Spens was college-educated, he had left the University of St Andrews with first class honours in history.MoreLess
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