BooksBarbecue
Back Broken Hearts Save as PDF
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

‘No, we’ve managed to keep it out of the papers so far. Quite a few favours we’ll have to pay back there. But DI Jones has disappeared and I’m worried for her safety. In fact, I believe her life could be at risk.’

Hughes was a caring man. Unsuited to criminal work, he was only doing his stint prosecuting in the Crown Office so that he could be elevated to the bench. He lost some of his colour as Bancho spoke. ‘The endangerment or murder of a serving police officer is always a matter of concern,’ he said. Bancho nodded. When they heard the rest of what he had to say, they’d know the case could have a higher profile than any they had experienced before. Any mistakes would be criticized in the press and the Crown Office had made a number of widely publicized gaffes recently. The prospect of one more was enough to make Hughes feel his judicial appointment slipping away. Bancho didn’t want to heap more shit upon the man, but that’s what they were here for.

‘DI Jones had a theory,’ Bancho said. He looked around at the assembled bigwigs, wanting to make sure he had their attention. ‘She thought that our serial killer was one of the children convicted of the Matthew Cook murder twenty years ago. In fact, she thought that Kevin Milne, under his new identity, murdered these men. She told me she knew that he was here in Edinburgh. Since she was here to get him, it seems likely these are surveillance photographs of Milne.’

A stunned silence filled the room. Bancho ploughed on. ‘One of the last calls she made was to the Lord Chancellor of England,’ he said.

‘Eddie Hunter?’ Hughes asked. ‘What’s old Eddie got to do with it?’

The dean answered for Bancho. ‘The Lord Chancellor was the original trial judge, and then an appeal judge in the House of Lords when the appeal against sentence was heard. Although he couldn’t sit on the bench, I heard he lobbied behind the scenes to have his earlier decision reversed.’

There was only one question on everyone’s mind. Why would Lord Edward Hunter flout public opinion and campaign to release these killers early?

Chapter Forty-One