Challenge #016: Justice Denied

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

Inspector Dalgliesh stood in a flat that was little more than a pesthole, looking down at a pool of blood which announced to anyone with eyes that a person, an adult, had died right there. In his mind, he could trace the victim’s departure from life as he bled out. The heart, pumping faster and faster as the body attempted to maintain blood pressure in the face of rapid loss of volume, would have given out within minutes, judging by just how much fluid there was.

He wanted justice for the man.

He wouldn’t get it.

Damn the Watchers’ Council.


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Crossed with P.D. James’ Inspector Dalgliesh stories, which were begun in the early 1960s.

Comments

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

Whoa for Dalgliesh!
Damn the Watchers' Council, indeed.
It's great remembering or seeing the effeects of events and the Council on other people.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

I missed this! Very cool. I loved the Dagliesh stories, though it has been years since I read any. Damn the Watcher's Council indeed.