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Chapters (79)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. PART ONEEdinburgh November 2008
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. PART TWOLondon November 1988
  24. Chapter Eighteen
  25. Chapter Nineteen
  26. Chapter Twenty
  27. Chapter Twenty-One
  28. Chapter Twenty-Two
  29. Chapter Twenty-Three
  30. Chapter Twenty-Four
  31. Chapter Twenty-Five
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. PART THREEEdinburgh November 2008
  43. Chapter Thirty-Six
  44. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  45. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  46. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  47. Chapter Forty
  48. Chapter Forty-One
  49. Chapter Forty-Two
  50. Chapter Forty-Three
  51. Chapter Forty-Four
  52. Chapter Forty-Five
  53. Chapter Forty-Six
  54. Chapter Forty-Seven
  55. Chapter Forty-Eight
  56. Chapter Forty-Nine
  57. Chapter Fifty
  58. Chapter Fifty-One
  59. Chapter Fifty-Two
  60. Chapter Fifty-Three
  61. Chapter Fifty-Four
  62. Chapter Fifty-Five
  63. Chapter Fifty-Six
  64. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  65. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  66. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  67. Chapter Sixty
  68. Chapter Sixty-One
  69. Chapter Sixty-Two
  70. Chapter Sixty-Three
  71. Chapter Sixty-Four
  72. Chapter Sixty-Five
  73. Chapter Sixty-Six
  74. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  75. Epilogue
  76. Acknowledgements
  77. About the Author
  78. By the Same Author
  79. About the Publisher

‘Get the fiscal on the phone–we need to contact the Lord Chancellor…and it might be best if the request comes through them. This isn’t going to be straightforward.’

Chapter Forty

The procurator fiscal for the sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders was Agnes Sampson; the archaic title simply meant she was the chief prosecutor for the Edinburgh area. A pear-shaped woman with mousy brown curly hair, she had achieved her promotion through a razor-like intellect, which was hidden behind an extremely plain facade. DI Bancho had the utmost respect for her, as did anyone with half a brain who came into contact with her.

Agnes Sampson’s career had started out in the typing pool of the fiscal’s office. She quickly realized that the prosecuting lawyers, who were earning at least three times her salary, were useless. Agnes thought she could do better, so she went to night school, sat her exams, and worked her way through law school. After law school Agnes had gone back into the fiscal service because she realized that, in the legal profession, contacts are everything. And she didn’t have any. Sadly, she was still in the same position, which was why, when she received the phone call from DI Bancho, she decided to enlist the help of the dean of the Faculty of Advocates. She was sure that someone in his social circle would have gone to school with Lord Edward Hunter, the newly appointed Lord Chancellor of England.

DI Bancho was again impressed with the wise decision of the senior fiscal. She didn’t let her ego get in the way, she just wanted the job done, which was why he was standing in front of a blazing fire in the Great Hall of the Scottish legal establishment’s Parliament House. He could see into the Faculty of Advocates Library. The advocates were dressed in their striped trousers, black waistcoats and jackets, much like those of any good hotel manager, but their suits were bespoke and cost more than most managers make in two months. An old man in a blue wool suit with silver buttons, a white wing-tipped shirt, and a white bow tie approached the inspector. He bowed very slightly.

‘Detective Inspector Bancho?’ he asked.