Chapters (156)
- A DATE WITH DEATH
- Also by Mark Roberts
- A Date With Death
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- The Past
- 1977
- Day OneWednesday, 1st December 2021CatoptrophobiaFear of mirrors
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- The Past
- 1979
- Day TwoThursday, 2nd December 2021OneirophobiaFear of dreams
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- The Past
- 1980
- Day ThreeFriday, 3rd December 2021MonophobiaFear of being alone
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- The Past
- 1982
- Day FourSaturday, 4th December 2021ThanatophobiaFear of Death
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- About the Author
- An Invitation from the Publisher
‘By which time, I’ll have charged Norma Maguire with conspiracy to murder. We’ll build it up from there. She’s been preying on women on Pebbles On The Beach. It’s time for her to face up to the misery she’s been spreading.’
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1.23 pm
As Clay made her way towards Interview Suite 1, the swing door leading into reception opened and DC Barney Cole came on to the corridor.
‘I’ve come straight to see you, Eve,’ said Cole as he handed her four receipts. ‘They’re from Norma Maguire’s office.’
The door leading into the cells opened and Norma Maguire appeared on the corridor with Sergeant Harris and Ms Rice behind her. She stopped and stared at the group ahead of her with a look of sour premonition.
Clay scrutinised the receipts. Eurostar Gare du Nord. Paris to London St Pancras. Then Virgin, London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street, all on 31st July, 2021.
‘Come here, Ms Maguire,’ said Clay.
Slowly and reluctantly, Norma Maguire wheeled herself down the corridor. Hendricks made his way through the automatic doors from reception towards the interview suite, carrying Norma Maguire’s open laptop.
Clay showed the receipts to Norma Maguire.
‘What are these, Ms Maguire?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘Does your credit card end in the digits 3245?’
She was quiet, looked as if someone was sticking pins in her scalp. She nodded.
‘From your office. Did you travel from Gare du Nord to London St Pancras on Eurostar on Saturday, 31st July this year? Whoever travelled on these tickets left Gare du Nord at 9.15 am. Was it you? If it wasn’t you, who was it?’
‘It could have been anyone.’
‘Did you travel from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street on the same day?’
‘I can’t remember.’
Clay held out a stamped train ticket, Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston, on Friday, 6th August, 2021, and a ticket from London St Pancras to Gare du Nord, Paris, 6th August, 2021. She showed Norma the receipts, pointed at the last four digits of the credit card used to pay for the trains.
‘You bought these tickets with your credit card. You paid for them and saved the receipts in your office on Allerton Road. Who did you fund to travel back to Liverpool from Europe and back to Europe from Liverpool on these two dates?’ Norma Maguire looked at the ground. ‘I’m asking you now because I’ve got quite a few questions to ask you once we’re behind that door. About your laptop and what was found on it. Want to tell me who the tickets were for?’ Silence. ‘No?’
Clay turned to DS Cole.