Was it wrong, she wondered, to feel that his murder was particularly dreadful because he’d been so brilliant?
‘No,’ said Strike... ‘I’d happily take Oliver Peach getting run over by a train if we could have Bhardwaj back. What use is bloody Peach to anyone?’
‘You don’t think that’s a bit… eugenics-y?’ said Robin.
‘Only if I personally start shoving tossers in front of trains,’ said Strike. ‘But as I’m not going around killing people I don’t like, I don’t think there’s much wrong with admitting some people contribute more to the world than others.’