“YOU THINK THE DEAL is a good one?” Collins asked, stalling for time while he ran the pros and cons through his mind; he was already pretty sure Nathan thought it a good deal, otherwise he wouldn’t have brought it to him.
“Yes,” Nathan said. “The Jennings’ case is much bigger than vandalism, even if it is racially motivated, and we’ve been trying to crack it for a long time now. Besides, if we agree to the deal, we’ll close the vandalism case as well as the Jennings’ case, that’ll look good in the monthly crime figures,” he knew how much they mattered to Collins, “and in the papers.”
“You’re certain this Mr Crowther had nothing to do with the murders?”
“Positive,” Nathan said. “I never thought he was involved, I only brought it up in the interview to try and rattle him, which it seems t
