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One of the benefits of being a Detective Chief Inspector was that it was one of the only jobs in which you could phone members of your team on their days off and have them in the office within two hours. That’s not to say that any of them were particularly happy, but at least they were there.
Detective Sergeant Frank Vine had, predictably, whinged and whined about it. He was starting to approach the tail end of his career and had made a few noises to Culverhouse about retirement. Generally speaking, the DCI agreed this would probably be a good idea. But then life kept throwing them curveballs. Luke Baxter, a Constable, was killed in the line of duty. Ryan Mackenzie, considered to be his replacement, had joined the team very recently.
Ryan had certainly turned heads on joining Mildenh
