Page 178 of Murder in the Family
Though there is one other country where that suffix is fairly common, for obvious historical reasons.
Canada.
LAILA FURNESS
Canada?
JJ NORTON
Absolutely. And if you cross-reference towns with a name ending in –UGH with those with water towers, and then do an image search of those towers, this is what you find.
He taps his keyboard and a MONTAGE of Google images appears. It only takes the team a few seconds to recognize a photo on the second row.
LAILA FURNESS
(pointing)
Where is that?
JJ NORTON
That, Laila, is Flamborough, New Brunswick.
LAILA FURNESS
I confess my Canadian geography is a wee bit sketchy—
JJ NORTON
(smiling)
Don’t worry, so was mine.
He taps his keyboard and a MAP of Canada appears with Flamborough marked.
This is followed by a MONTAGE of images of Flamborough in the ’70s and ’80s. It’s clearly the same place as in the original photo.
MITCHELL CLARKE
That looks to me like a classic one-horse town—
HUGO FRASER
(under his breath)
One-moose town, more like.
JJ NORTON
(smiling)
Not far off, certainly. Even now the population is barely more than a thousand.
LAILA FURNESS
So we should be able to track down our man pretty easily?
JJ NORTON
