Sutherland nodded. ‘Not much of an accent left, except when I visit family. I notice you’re English.’
She shook her head. ‘Born here; grew up there – I blame the parents. So where else have you been other than Inverness?’
‘Aberdeen, Glasgow, even Skye for a while.’
‘They have crime on Skye?’
‘I like to think I eradicated it.’ He made a little toast to himself. ‘You ever been anywhere other than Edinburgh?’
‘I was on secondment in Glenrothes when Stuart Bloom disappeared.’
‘That was lucky – if you’d been attached to the case, you couldn’t be on my team now. Conflict of interest, et cetera.
Clarke nodded distractedly. ‘So where do you live these days?’ she eventually asked.
‘Shettleston, in Glasgow.’
‘Can you see Barlinnie from there?’
‘More or less. How about you?’
‘Five minutes from here. Just off Broughton Street.
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