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  The name I append to this letter seems entirely foreign to me now. It is as though it is the calumny, not the reverse.

  Yours, most sincerely,

  William Cardle

  XII

  The shouting from the cells of Cardle and McMunn was audible as DS Scott opened the door to Daley’s office.

  ‘Here, Jim, this has just come in from forensics. They tested that pair’s DNA, and it turns out they’re related in some way. Aye, an’ neither have any connection to oor man in the barrel. How’s that possible? They tell me you were the man who put them onto it.’

  ‘It was just a hunch, Brian, but now there’s no doubt. We’re about to reunite long-lost cousins,’ replied Daley, getting to his feet.

  ‘Eh?’

  As Daley bent down to close the email from Wantage he noticed the corporate logo of McMunn Inc. It was a whisky barrel.

  Acknowledgements

  This short story was written to help the Dalintober Beach Regeneration Fund. My thanks and best wishes to James MacLean and the rest of the committee. Thanks, too, are due to Fraser McNair for the wonderful cover photograph. To see more of Fraser’s work go to www.jfmcnair.com. For cover design, as always, Chris Hannah at www.chrishannah.com. Thanks also to Neville Moir and Alison Rae at Polygon, and my agent Anne Williams at KHLA in London. Special thanks to my old mate Eddie Mitchell, now in Adelaide, who prompted an idea to form in my muddled brain.

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