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15 Caroline made her way back to the incident room, Dexter trailing behind. ‘Guv, we’ve had some preliminary post-mortem results on Roger Clifton,’ Aidan Chilcott said, almost as soon as she’d entered the office. ‘I hope it’s good news, Aidan,’ Caroline replied. ‘I’m not in the mood for another spanner in the works right now.’ Aidan looked at her for a moment. ‘Can post-mortem results ever be good news?’ he asked. ‘Depends whose post-mortem it is. What have you got for me?’ ‘No water in the lungs. Therefore, Roger Clifton didn’t drown. The ligature marks round the neck are suspected to have been caused by nylon rope. Blunt force trauma to the head, potentially some form of metal or non-fibrous material. They haven’t been able to pick up any wood splinters or rust or anything, so what