The pathologist’s unique brand of a droll self-mockery went a long way to soothing Jake’s impatience over the delay in obtaining the results of the soil analysis.
“Let me cut to the point, Mr Conley and I’ll make no bones about it, I have something extraordinary for you.”
cutbonesJake’s pulse quickened. That’s what he was hoping for and Sir Clive had done a splendid job in relaying the information to the FSS that he, himself, would have wished to communicate.
“First of all, the soil sample contained traces of human DNA,” said the expert, “hence the delay in contacting you. The procedure itself takes time but we have had to do some running around and extra analyses to make the necessary comparisons. But I’m getting ahead of myself, one can’t weigh the liver without cutting open the cadav
