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" This is a familiar situation: if DI Skelgill gets the merest hint of some irregularity, an errant piece of the jigsaw that doesn’t fit – that might have found its way in by accident from another puzzle altogether – he’ll refuse to be drawn towards what might seem the obvious, convenient and perfectly adequate conclusion. Instead he’ll pursue any number of unpromising leads, explore blind avenues, and concoct improbable theories, giving the impression that the investigation is going nowhere fast, and everywhere else slowly. Then, suddenly, early one morning, he’ll come back from a fishing trip on Bassenthwaite Lake and move in for the kill with all the devastating speed and single-minded ruthlessness of the pike. "
― Bruce Beckham , Murder In School (DI Skelgill Investigates, #2)