The Shadow District

  ‘Did you take a picture of that mark on his forehead?’ he asked.

  ‘Yes, what is it? What does it mean?’

  ‘No idea,’ said Flóvent. After his initial examination of the corpse, he had kept his eyes averted from the man’s shattered face. ‘I can’t make any sense of it. Can’t begin to guess what it means or why someone would have smeared blood on his forehead like that.’

  ‘Have you identified him?’ asked the photographer as he was leaving.

  ‘Yes, his landlady told me who he was, and there are bills here in his name.’

  ‘So, who was he?’

  ‘I’ve never come across him before,’ said Flóvent. ‘His name was Felix. Felix Lunden.’

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