The Canal
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It is 1982, the summer in England has been warm and dry. The water levels in the disused North Walsham and Dilham Canal are low, revealing the top of the tipped rubbish resting in the silt. One upturned shopping cart is a dead woman’s cage. She is naked, unknown to the local populace and without an identity. In 1989 the body is still unidentified and the case considered a ‘dead end’. It is given to a recently transferred Inspector after an internal enquiry, in an effort to keep her out of the media spotlight.