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  1. PERFECT CRIME
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Acknowledgments
  47. Can’t get enough of the Perfect series?
  48. Chapter 1
  49. Loved Perfect Silence? Then why not get back to where it all started with book one of the D.I. Callanach series?
  50. Welcome to Edinburgh.Murder capital of Europe.
  51. The worst dangers are the ones we can’t see …
  52. When silence falls, who will hear their cries?
  53. About the Author
  54. By the same author:
  55. About the Publisher

‘I get that,’ he mumbled. ‘It’s just that, well, he and I haven’t always got along. I just wanted him to know that the team’s going to support him.’

‘He doesn’t need the team’s support, or anyone else’s, given that he’s not implicated in any way, but the sentiment would be appreciated, I’m sure. I’ll pass it on.’

‘Right, I’ll be off, then. I, er, bumped into the superintendent earlier,’ Lively mumbled, his eyes darting to Graham and back.

Lively was about as good at subterfuge as he was at dieting.

‘I spoke to her, too,’ Ava said. ‘She’s got MIT’s back, Sergeant. You should probably give her more credit.’

‘Aye. Maybe,’ he said glumly as he left.

Graham waited until Lively was well down the corridor before asking the inevitable.

‘You all right? Seems like you’re having a tough day.’

‘I’ll survive. What’s your gut instinct on the Jenson–Western case right now?’

‘I think it goes way back. It’s either something both men were implicated in or it’s an unresolved issue between them. Western’s wife was clear they’ve had no dealings for a decade,’ Graham said.

‘You’re sure the two deaths are linked?’

‘I’m not sure of anything right now, but the email enticing Western to come for Jenson’s funeral is too much of a coincidence. Otherwise, why not just fly out to Spain and cut Western’s brakes at his own home?’

‘Maybe there was too great a risk of killing another family member,’ Ava offered.

‘Or maybe travelling abroad risked leaving a trail – passports, tickets, credit cards.’

‘All right, see what you can turn up, but let me know quickly. Now that Callanach’s on enforced leave, we’ll have to resolve it without delay.’

‘Must be difficult. You two were colleagues before you got promoted. I can’t imagine how hard that conversation was. Let me know if you need anything, won’t you? And we never got that drink, not that anyone was in the mood for celebrating promotions with bodies piling up. Remind me, I owe you a pint still when this is over.’

‘I’ll hold you to that,’ Ava said, attempting a smile, aware that it was strained.