The Best Man to Die

Chief Inspector Wexford wondered why the fatal Fanshawe car accident kept upsetting his concentration on the Hatton Murder.

There couldn’t be a connection. Fanshawe had been a wealthy stockbroker; Charlie Hatton had been a cocky little lorry driver with some illegal dealing. He had driven his lorry down from Leeds to be best man at his friend’s wedding.

But was it just coincidence that Hatton had been killed on the day following that of Mrs. Fanshawe’s regaining consciousness?