The self-styled, self-important civic leader could not afford to have any embarrassing stories surfacing or his hopes and ambitions for the future would be dashed.
But Edgar Hodgkiss, sharp and observant as ever, was th.
He plans and executes an Impossible Murder carried out in a pitch dark council chamber in front of dozens of people.
Now his problem is how to silence the woman councillor who has discovered his offer to pay the gambling debt of a council officer who has done him a big favour.
The self-styled, self-important civic leader could not afford to have any embarrassing stories surfacing or his hopes and ambitions for the future would be dashed