McDonald & Dodds

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McDonald & Dodds

Episode 2 - Jinxy Sings The Blues

When local man Ian Andrews gets on at his usual bus stop in Bath, nothing is out of the ordinary. But when the bus pulls into the station, Ian is dead. And despite it being the busiest route of the day, there isn’t a single eyewitness to Ian’s death.

DCI McDonald and DS Dodds face a mammoth challenge as they try to unravel how a man can be killed in broad daylight, on a busy city bus, and yet not a single person has seen it happen. The only thread they have to follow is a ticket stub for the Avalon Festival of Ideas, a local arts and culture event taking place at Bath, found in Ian Andrew’s jacket pocket.

A few days prior, Ian Andrew’s had attended a talk from esteemed US history professor and bluesologist Clarence Adderley. Everything the respected academic on the surface, is there more to Professor Adderley than meets the eye? His interest in the shady world of art auctions, run by the eccentric brother and sister duo the De Veres suggests there may be…

McDonald and Dodds will have to delve into the history of Ian Andrews, Professor Adderley and the blues if they hope to uncover what happened that day on the B6 bus. And as the investigation begins to unravel, DS Dodds will find some answers may lead closer to home. despite these revelations , McDonald and Dodds  must stay the course to crack this most puzzling of cases.