Chapter 1
1. NIGHT
It was the middle of the night when Jenny Logan's phone woke her.
She was tired and answered the phone sleepily.
'Logan.'
'Grant here, madam.'
'It's three o' clock in the morning, Grant.
I hope this is important.'
'I'm at the home of Alex Maclennan. He's dead.'
'Give me the address, Grant. I'll be there in twenty-five minutes.'
Jenny Logan was an inspector in the Edinburgh Police. The phone often woke her at night. She got out of bed and dressed
quickly in a blue suit. She looked at herself in the
mirror and decided that her short brown hair looked all right.
By a quarter past three she was driving through the streets of Edinburgh. It was December and there was snow on the ground. Princes Street was empty. She could see Edinburgh Castle high up to her left. While she drove, Logan thought about Alex Maclennan.
The Maclennans were famous in Scotland. Murray Madennan, Alex's father, had over sixty fish and chip shops in different Scottish towns and cities. Everyone in Scotland knew Maclennan's Fish & Chips and most people ate them.