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these suspects seem like hardened criminals. What’s more, I think Paul Lee wasn’t as innocent as everyone makes him out to be,” Katy suggested.
    “Really? You think he’s been doing dodgy business?”
    “What else do we have to go on at this point, Lorne?”
    “And where do we start?” asked Lorne. With very little clues to go on and stunning character references blocking their way, she didn’t know where on earth they could turn to find anything of use to their investigation.
    Lorne couldn’t remember stumbling across a case as perplexing as this, not for a very long time anyway. Usually, something sparked the investigation off in the right direction—rumours of an argument, something, anything along those lines. But so far, they hadn’t come across a single clue.
    “What are you thinking, Lorne?” Katy asked as they walked back to Lorne’s desk.
    “I wasn’t really. Just how flummoxed we are, I suppose. What do we do next? Wait for clues to drop into our laps? They’re going to be from a very large height from what I can tell.”
    “I’m sure something will show up soon, Lorne. Until then, we need to just keep digging. Why don’t you try and access Lee’s bank account? If he’s into drugs or dodgy dealings, it might show up there. Again, if not, then we’re screwed.”
    “I’ll get onto it now.”
    Katy called across the room to the other member of the team proficient at doing background research when the need arose. “Karen, look into Lee’s employment history, see what that tells us. Will you please?”
    “Searching for anything in particular, boss?”
    “Not really, anything and everything that raises your suspicions, okay?”
    “Rightio.”
    The afternoon drifted by slowly as the team worked away, searching for clues that turned out to be impossible to find. All facts led to Paul Lee having an exemplary record at his previous posts, all as an electrician. Lorne delved into his bank account, which again, didn’t throw up any real surprises. He had regular salary payments going in and plenty of household standing orders going out, with one large payment of five grand to a local travel agent—the Lee family had recently booked a holiday to take place the coming May.
    Lorne arrived home, feeling a little despondent, but her spirits soon lifted when she pulled into the drive and saw Charlie playing with their new family member, Sheba. The German shepherd was barking as it chased after the football Charlie was kicking the length of the paddock, where she exercised all the dogs during the day.
    “Hey, it looks like someone is having fun,” Lorne called over, interrupting their game.
    Charlie beckoned for the dog to join her then came toward her mother. “Isn’t she wonderful? She’s going to be so good to train, Mum. I’m going to start her on the assault course soon. I think she’ll be a class-A student, don’t you?”
    “What a great idea. Hey, if she proves good enough, you could consider entering a few of the local shows. Hey, you could even end up at Crufts. That would be terrific to have an agility champion in the house.”
    Charlie giggled. “Easy, tiger. Let’s get her used to the equipment before we start planning our magnificent future. Don’t forget, I have this place to run, too. Or are you insinuating I have a lot of spare time on my hands?”
    Lorne’s eyes flew open. “Never in a million years. I know how hard you work, darling. Are you coming in now?”
    “It depends.”
    Her eyes narrowed. “On what?”
    Charlie ruffled the fur on the panting dog’s head. “On whether you’re expecting me to get involved in preparing dinner with you or not.”
    “You cheeky mare. I’m sure Tony and I can conjure up something for dinner without your help. Has he been home long?”
    “About an hour or so. He looked pretty excited about something, refused to tell me what it was until you got home. I’ll stay out here with Sheba for the next twenty minutes if you like, to