On Edge

Roger Caron was pacing the hall, waiting for the slightest hint of trouble. He had been an officer for 34 years, and he had a keen eye for reading faces. He searched each one as they passed. He knew that the key to preventing crime wasn’t a matter of being in the right place at the right time, it was all down to being constantly aware of his surroundings. He had to anticipate the action before it happened. And there was a strange tension in the air today.