5:00 a.m., The White Cliffs of Dover
The gulls squawking vociferously above the turquoise-blue sky, spreading their wings and descending down the ocean, their body mirroring in the water, hunting for their preys.
The police watercrafts encircling and encompassing the boat where the corpse was laying. The police boats' engine turning, revving and rumbling, the water turning white when gasified. The boat hooked to the polices', bringing it to the shore.
Inspector Detective David strolling down the beach with the warm and soft sand. The weather was roasting hot with the bright yellow glowing sun, the balmy sunbeams stroking the body. The weather was entirely opposed to yesterday's night. He could feel the warmth of the steamed-coming-out sand rendering his carbon black shoes melting underneath. He was patrolling up to the watercraft, covered by a boat cover. He slid off his purse, flipping it open and showing his ID card to the police guarding the place, then he folded the wallet and kept it in his pouch again. The police let him pass through the cordon tape, lifting the barricade tape for him and David ducked down crossing it.
He approached the boat, unveiling the body. His eyebrows were pushed downwards, pessimism-faced. The body was bluish-coloured, the skin on the fingers had become wrinkly and pruney, soaked by the rainwater. The surface was wrinkled and smooth, profusely cold. The flesh of his face shrinks over his cheekbones. His skull was waterlogged as if so filled or flooded with water being heavy or unmanageable as a ship. He was absolutely drenched-up.
There was the scientific police with their big protective gear, hunting about for clues. Two of them entered the boat cautiously and commenced to hunt for hints. One of them went to the boat cabin, opening it and rummaging it up. Suddenly he felt something, grabbing and exposing it in the light. Plastic packaged drugs appeared.
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The Corpse in the Boat
Mystery / ThrillerThe death of Tom Thorne, a young 25-years-old sailor was killed and left behind in the vast ocean. Will Detective Inspector David and his team drag the killer out of his hiding, in the dark, veiling him out in the light?
