Summary

Chapter 6 is written from Matthew Venn’s third-person perspective. Matthew returns home. Jonathan puts down the book he is reading when he sees him. He asks Matthew if he wants something to eat or drink, but Matthew starts talking about the case. He fears that he is going to have to give the investigation to another member of the force because Jonathan manages the Woodyard. Simon was a volunteer at the Woodyard and Gaby has a residency there. Jonathan goes to the kitchen and Matthew follows him. Jonathan opens a bottle of wine and they continue to discuss the case over a glass of wine. Jonathan tells Matthew that Simon worked in the café with a man named Bob, but he did not organize the job for him. Matthew wonders if Christopher Preece had done so. Readers learn how instrumental Jonathan was in...