FOUL WAS THE ONLY WORD to describe Melissa’s mood as she walked through the door of The Village Green. Tiredness was a large part of the reason for how she was feeling, she was rapidly reaching the point where if she didn’t put her head down and get at least a couple of hours rest she thought she was going to collapse, but not all of it.
She was frustrated by having driven out to the Potter Estate in search of Marius Kowalski when he was apparently at the pub. Her frustration was worsened by the knowledge that once she was done with Kowalski, she would have to head back out of the village to track down Ralph Graves.
To top things off she had received a phone call from John Ryder, who had been distressed to be visited by a journalist, though not as much as his wife, who was still sufferin
