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Chapters (66)
  1. Cover
  2. THE HEATWAVE
  3. Readers love The Heatwave
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  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. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Acknowledgements
  58. Keep Reading …
  59. The second book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  60. The third book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  61. The fourth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  62. The fifth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  63. The sixth book in Katerina Diamond’s bestselling crime series
  64. About the Author
  65. Also by Katerina Diamond
  66. About the Publisher

I see the lights before I reach the woods. An intermittent flashing blue that varies in intensity, so out of place here in the dark. I pull over as I get closer, realising that I am approaching a sea of police cars and I am very much over the limit. I grab a mint from the glove box and pull my hair in front of my face, afraid of being recognised yet again, afraid of who else I might bump into.

I can’t even get close but I stand as near as I can, wishing I had a dog or something to excuse myself as a passer-by. No one used to just go for a walk up here without a purpose of some kind, not in this area where you had the beautiful coastline nearby, and most definitely not this time of night. My very presence here puts me in danger; if the police start asking questions I don’t know if I have the energy to lie any more. So many people got away with so many things that summer, I would hate to think it was happening again. Hannah’s disappearance was the end for her; would this discovery in the woods signify the end for some other poor girl? They never found Hannah’s body. I always wondered where it was, because the only thing I ever knew for certain was that she was dead. I could tell them the things I do know but, on reflection, it isn’t much, nothing I can tell the police without sounding crazy. I could tell them that I keep seeing ghosts. But if I put myself forward then my life as I know it is over. Chris would never forgive me and my children would see me as a monster. So I stay camouflaged and pressed against a hedgerow. I see the officers busying themselves and the feeling of their excitement is real. They have a result. They have found a body. I can feel the wind turning, as though a big change is coming. For so long things have been off kilter, things have been out of place. The puzzle pieces that have been scattered for so long are starting to slot back into their rightful places. I can’t see the full picture yet but I know I will before long. The discovery of a body changes the rules of this game somewhat. People will pay attention now. Things like that just don’t happen around here. Do they?

Chapter Twenty-Two