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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

‘No,’ said Lois, a trifle too quickly, still staring at Joe. ‘We were just discussing what cases we have on in court. Take a seat outside in reception and then we’ll call you back in five minutes when we’re sure we are not breaching client confidentiality.’

‘Okay.’ Patsy Barnes smiled at Glasgow Joe and held his eyes as she said, ‘I’ll see you in five minutes.’

The office door closed. I turned to Joe and said, ‘She’s after you.’

He grinned. ‘Tell me something new, Brodie. When are you going to realize you’ve won first prize? Go on, admit it–you can’t believe your luck.’ He tried to grab me but I got away.

‘You like it, don’t you? All these women throwing themselves at you–the girls in Suzie Wong’s the other night and now her.’ I threw my head in the direction of the reception area.

A great belly laugh escaped from Joe’s lips. ‘If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were jealous.’

I was trying to find a way to burst his bubble when Lois poked me in the shoulder. ‘I don’t think there is any way we can get rid of her. She’ll realize there’s a big story if we try.’ She sighed and pursed her lips as though she was swallowing a bitter pill. ‘Sorry, but I think the only way is to invite her in, tell her everything is off the record until you give her the nod, and you get to review any written material before it’s published. What do you say?’ This girl was actually quite good, I thought, but before I could tell her, Patsy Barnes spoke from the doorway.

‘The five minutes is up and I agree to your terms. It’s going to be a pleasure doing business with you, Brodie.’

Chapter Fifty-Two

I had an hour before I had to leave for court. The work for the day was organized, so I decided to spend the last hour going over the case against Marshall. I couldn’t reveal his true identity to Patsy Barnes. The information was too explosive. Lois set the white board up in my office, I had a black dry marker pen and I wrote up the name GRAHAM MARSHALL in capital letters.

‘Is that the Dr Graham Marshall, the plastic surgeon?’ asked Patsy. I nodded and I wondered if he’d done any work for her; if so, he deserved his reputation.