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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

I couldn’t afford to alienate her completely; I tried to come up with a reason that was more than simply getting her out of my hair. ‘A criminal case isn’t won or lost on the day, Patsy, as I’m sure you know. Thousands of hours go into preparing a murder trial. The better we prepare, the more chance we have of getting our client out of jail.’ Prosecutors are overworked and underpaid; they have hundreds of cases to deal with. When a big case like that of Graham Marshall comes along, I can drop everything and focus on winning. The fiscal’s case is like a house of cards, and if I dig deep enough I can make it all come tumbling down. ‘Dr Marshall will appear on petition in Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow. He will make no plea or declaration and the case will be continued for seven days.’

Patsy Barnes was puzzled. She had been brought up in the English legal system, and even then she wouldn’t have fully understood it. ‘So, if you get evidence, he could be released next week?’ she asked.

It was highly unlikely, but the boastful part of me came into play. ‘Yes,’ I said. ‘I fully expect that Graham Marshall will be a free man this time next week.’

I may have said the words, but my heart shivered at the thought.

Chapter Fifty-Three

Glasgow Joe insisted on accompanying me down to London. I was glad of his company and relieved he was wearing his biker gear. Joe in a kilt attracted enough attention in Edinburgh–in Edmonton Green he would have stood out like a sore thumb. By the time we arrived we decided to go straight to Renee Smith’s workplace. She had gone through several incarnations before ending up back where she had started; Renee had been unable to keep as low a profile as Milne because she blabbed. The name and identity we had for her was a long shot, but Eddie had information to suggest that Renee was now a member of some group that rejected the media’s views of what was beautiful in a woman. Jesus Christ, I thought to myself as Eddie read from a page he’d printed full of Internet information. As if I didn’t have enough to put up with. In America they were known as the Suicide Girls, but we were scouring the streets of Soho looking for some stripper known as Lola d’Amour–aka Renee Smith.