Synopsis

Gene stared out the window, the city a blurred canvas of grey. The case had him wrestling with doubts he couldn't shake. Chas had offered an alibi, airtight and unsettling. Had Gene's time as a DCI passed him by? He wasn't sure he was as sharp as he once was. To find a new angle, Alex dispatched Ray and Chris to the local pub, hoping for a glimpse of something overlooked. The air in the pub was thick with the scent of stale beer and hushed conversations, a world away from the sterile confine