As the train slid out of the station for the long journey north Bannerman took out his newspaper and started to read. The lead story concerned a man in a Norfolk village who had slaughtered his entire family with an axe before taking his own life. There were family snaps of his wife and three small children at the beach. ‘In happier times,’ said the caption. ‘He was a quiet man,’ said one of the neighbours. ‘He kept himself to himself,’ said another. Everyone in the village was stunned by what had happened, said the story.
‘Tragic,’ said the man across from Bannerman who had been reading the same story. ‘Seems to happen a lot these days.’
Bannerman nodded and put away his paper to look out of the window. You ain’t seen nothing yet, he thought to himself.
