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Chapters (73)
  1. Rabbit Hole
  2. Also by Mark Billingham
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Preface
  8. PART ONE
  9. ONE
  10. TWO
  11. THREE
  12. FOUR
  13. FIVE
  14. SIX
  15. SEVEN
  16. EIGHT
  17. NINE
  18. TEN
  19. ELEVEN
  20. TWELVE
  21. THIRTEEN
  22. FOURTEEN
  23. FIFTEEN
  24. SIXTEEN
  25. SEVENTEEN
  26. EIGHTEEN
  27. NINETEEN
  28. TWENTY
  29. TWENTY-ONE
  30. TWENTY-TWO
  31. TWENTY-THREE
  32. TWENTY-FOUR
  33. TWENTY-FIVE
  34. TWENTY-SIX
  35. TWENTY-SEVEN
  36. TWENTY-EIGHT
  37. TWENTY-NINE
  38. THIRTY
  39. THIRTY-ONE
  40. THIRTY-TWO
  41. THIRTY-THREE
  42. PART TWO
  43. THIRTY-FOUR
  44. THIRTY-FIVE
  45. THIRTY-SIX
  46. THIRTY-SEVEN
  47. THIRTY-EIGHT
  48. THIRTY-NINE
  49. FORTY
  50. FORTY-ONE
  51. FORTY-TWO
  52. FORTY-THREE
  53. FORTY-FOUR
  54. FORTY-FIVE
  55. FORTY-SIX
  56. FORTY-SEVEN
  57. FORTY-EIGHT
  58. FORTY-NINE
  59. FIFTY
  60. FIFTY-ONE
  61. FIFTY-TWO
  62. FIFTY-THREE
  63. FIFTY-FOUR
  64. FIFTY-FIVE
  65. FIFTY-SIX
  66. FIFTY-SEVEN
  67. FIFTY-EIGHT
  68. PART THREE
  69. FIFTY-NINE
  70. SIXTY
  71. EPILOGUE
  72. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  73. Back Cover

Debbie’s very Scottish and very ginger, but more important . . . she’s big. Not big like Lauren’s big, but like she could easily bench-press Bakshi if she had to. Or me, come to that. If something kicks off between any of the female patients, it’s likely to be Debbie who’ll come steaming in to sort it out. Actually, most of the blokes in here are more scared of Debbie than any of the male members of staff, even Tony, who’s still not convinced she isn’t the Thing and always gives her a wide berth. She’s loud and rude and she’s ridiculously sweary.

It’s one of the reasons I thought that Kevin’s room, after the murder, must have been a proper horror-show. Debbie’s scared of bugger all and she was the one that found him, remember. She came bombing out of that corridor like she’d stumbled into the Texas chainsaw massacre.

I mean, I know better now, obviously.

I’m teaming Debbie and Bakshi up to take on George, who’s another one of the nurses. He’s the ward’s gentle giant, and yeah, I’m being just a bit sarcastic. I’m not saying he’s rough when he doesn’t need to be, but let’s just say he’s well aware that he’s a big lad. Holding himself back, like he’d love nothing more than for Ilias or Tony to have a pop at him. He’s got a proper Geordie accent and of course he’s a Newcastle fan, which I take every chance to wind him up about. Telling him that clearly means he’s madder than anyone in here.

He told me once he always wanted to be a copper, but they wouldn’t let him join, and that made me wonder just what George might have got up to when he was younger. I mean, these days they’ll let any nutcase in.

So, first up then, it’s Bakshi and Debbie versus George. Result: even with two against one, and despite the fact that Debbie would probably fight dirty, George is the only winner here, taking the pair of them out inside the first thirty seconds. Quick and ugly.