CRIME FICTION
Murder at the Railway Arms
A Short English Murder Mysterey
The drive from Kings Lynn to Downham Market took fifteen minutes longer than Detective Inspector Josh Bradshaw had anticipated. The traffic, heavier than usual due to roadwork on the A10, had reduced their pace to a crawl, and only the skilful driving of Detective Sergeant Andy McMillan and the liberal use of their police siren had prevented it from taking even longer.
“Do you know this pub in the railway station?” Bradshaw asked.
“Sure, the Railway Arms. Everybody knows it, sir.”
“Not everybody, Andy.”
“No, quite right. Not those who’ve only lived here a few days. My apologies. It’s quite famous though, featured on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys a few years back.”
“The train show on BBC2, you watch that? If you ask me, I’d be hard-pressed to think of anything worse.”
Fresh from a twelve-month secondment to the capital with the Metropolitan Police, DI Bradshaw was in his first week back with his home force, the Norfolk Constabulary. Previously posted to Norwich, on the other side of the county, he’d never spent much time in the Kings Lynn district and was still finding his way around.
