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It was now December eighteenth and Nivens knew he had to come up with a
way to deflect the blame off himself or, failing that, make sure that
Witherspoon took over the case. That was the only way he could rebound
from this failure. This crime wasn’t going to be solved by anyone, but if he
tried to make that argument right now, Barrows wouldn’t believe it. Their
glorious inspector, the one who’d solved more crimes than anyone in the
history of the Metro-politan Police Force, needed to fail as well.
Now he just had to make certain that Barrows handed the case to the right
person. Getting rid of this case was the wisest course; if anyone was to have
a black mark against his record, let it be Gerald Witherspoon.
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