Page 179 of Murder in the Family

Well, in theory, yes, but don’t get too excited: we don’t know his age, so we can’t narrow it down that way, and there isn’t much online from the local high school.

LAILA FURNESS

But you must be able to work out which house it was – Google Maps, maybe?

JJ NORTON

We did try that but it didn’t get us anywhere – there’s no StreetView in that location. But clearly there’s nothing to stop us going over and having a look for ourselves.

Which is why Tarek and I are booked on a flight out to New Brunswick this time tomorrow.

LAILA FURNESS

At last, some progress.

MITCHELL CLARKE

Certainly looks that way. Well done, JJ. Chapeau.

JJ NORTON

(grinning)

Put it down to my not-too-deeply-buried inner geek. And a bout of vindaloo-induced insomnia last weekend that left me googling ‘water towers’ most of Saturday night.

BILL SERAFINI

I’ve lost count of the number of times cases of mine turned on something just like that – some tiny detail that seemed insignificant but ended up breaking the whole thing wide open.

But yes, I agree with Mitch: darn good work, JJ.

The others exchange glances; no one responds to Bill.

FADE OUT

CUT TO: Dorney Place. Time has clearly passed. The team are back in the drawing-room, which has been set up with the whiteboard, photos, and a screen. The room is dark – it’s raining heavily outside.

BILL SERAFINI

(with slightly false cheeriness)

Great to see the British summer living up to expectations.

MITCHELL CLARKE

You get used to it. Eventually.

HUGO FRASER

(impatiently)

So, what news, JJ? Did you, like the Mounties, ‘get your man’?

JJ NORTON

(grinning)

Saw what you did there, Hugo. And yes, I’m pleased to say that Tarek and I have not returned from the frozen north empty-handed.

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