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Chapters (80)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introducing DI Walker and his team …
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  75. EPILOGUE
  76. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  77. Keep Reading …
  78. About the Author
  79. By the same author:
  80. About the Publisher

It was a sombre afternoon in Kirkby Abbey, but at least the sun was shining.

James and Annie were among about fifty people who had gathered in the churchyard. Several reporters and a TV camera crew were also there to record the latest development in a story that the public couldn’t seem to get enough of.

After William Nash’s arrest came his appearance before a magistrate where he was charged with the murders of Robert and Mary Bateman. He was remanded in custody and was now awaiting a trial date.

What he’d revealed about the deaths of Simon and Amanda Roth hit the headlines a few days later and Cumbria Constabulary had already been approached by a BBC producer who wanted to make a documentary about the case.

Each of these events attracted more attention than the arrest of Andrew Sullivan, and James noted with a degree of pleasure that even his remand hearing, where he was charged with murder and the attempted murder of a police officer, failed to make it onto the mainstream news bulletins.

However, James knew that today’s poignant service, during which Megan Roth had been laid to rest next to the graves of her real parents, would make the evening news.

Giles Keegan had volunteered to read the eulogy after Robert Bateman’s brother said he couldn’t handle it, and Keegan used the opportunity to also make a public apology on behalf of himself and the Cumbria police for not uncovering the truth twenty-four years ago. He told the assembled mourners that the skeletal remains of the real Charlotte Bateman were to be cremated along with the bodies of her parents in the coming weeks.

The ceremony lasted almost an hour and when it was over James and Annie headed for home, choosing not to go for a drink in one of the village pubs with their friends and neighbours.

Instead, they planned to start working on the baby’s room in the hope that it would take their minds off what had been another dreadful day in Kirkby Abbey.

THE END

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Once again, I would like to thank Molly Walker-Sharp, my editor at Avon/HarperCollins. She was my partner in crime on this book and her input was invaluable.

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