Blood and Bone

The charred corpse of policeman Harry Fenton is discovered at an abattoir known for rule-bending, on the day of his retirement. Colleagues tell Vera he seemed distracted and he had lied to his wife Rita regarding his whereabouts. CCTV shows Naz Ahmed, a driver for Dale Acreman's haulage firm, delivering to the abattoir around the time of Harry's murder and Vera learns from Gareth Hennings, son of Harry's best friend Jesse, that Harry had been investigating Naz and other drivers for fraud and money laundering. Vera now believes that Harry was murdered to prevent him reporting the goings on at the haulage company but faces a barrage of lies before she can solve the case. Written by don @ minifie-1