Will Barnes

In the novel Towards Zero, Will Barnes and his brother George operated the rowing boat ferry between Saltcreek and Easterhead Bay. They knew everyone in Saltcreek by sight and most of the people who came over from Easterhead Bay. They told Superintendent Battle and Inspector Leach that, on the night of Lady Tessilian's murder, Nevile Strange had crossed from Saltcreek to Easterhead at 10.30 p.m. He did not do the return journey by their ferry which stopped operating at 1.30 a.m.