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Chapters (69)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. The First Crossing
  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. Cross Country
  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. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. The Woods
  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. The Last Crossing
  65. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  66. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  67. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  68. Acknowledgements
  69. Copyright

‘Get him out of here,’ Duggan snapped at Karen. ‘We’ll speak later.’

Tony allowed Karen to guide him out of the bar, looking back only once to where Kelly sat still on the floor, his hand pressed against his nose, blood streaming through his fingers.

‘Fucker!’ Kelly spat.

Tony turned, pulling himself free from Karen’s grip, lifting his fist once more, but Duggan stepped between him and Kelly, his frame blocking an opportunity for Tony to strike once more.

‘You’ve had your go,’ Duggan said. ‘Unless you want me to start on you, you’ll leave him alone now.’

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Eight

‘You need to leave him alone,’ Karen said, once Barr had got out of the car. They’d parked outside a family restaurant next to the service station into which Barr had headed. ‘I’m not going to let you hurt him.’

‘Who? Dick?’ Duggan said.

‘Yeah, leave him alone, Hugh,’ Tony added. ‘You’ve been sending him errands all day. He’s not a skivvy.’

‘Don’t tell me what to do,’ Duggan snapped. ‘After all I done for them, for “the party”, the least they can do is a can of Coke and a fucking bar.’

‘He’s not “the party”. He’s just a kid.’

‘He’s a fucking prick,’ Duggan hissed. ‘Talking to me about being inside. Calling me Hugh like we’re old friends.’

‘I told him to do that. It was better than Mr Duggan,’ Tony said. He roused himself from his memories of Shauna Laird. ‘Karen’s right. We’re all in this together.’

‘We’re all in this together. I love that! You were barely in it thirty years ago; you spent your time changing your mind. Are you sure you’ll see it through today?’

‘Worry about yourself, Hugh,’ Tony said, trying not to get drawn down the path Hugh clearly wanted to take. He was spoiling for a fight, the drink he’d taken on the boat had made him as belligerent as Tony had feared.

‘Why are you even here?’ Hugh said, twisting to look at him.

‘To find Martin Kelly.’

‘No, I mean what’s the real reason.’

‘That is the real reason,’ Tony said, though he could not hold Duggan’s gaze, his eyes dropping to look at his hands. ‘I want his family to get his body back.’

‘Naw,’ Duggan said. ‘We all have our reasons for being here and none of them is for the Kelly family. If you’d cared that much you’ve had thirty years to call them and tell them where he is.’

‘Then why are we all here, Hugh?’ Karen asked. ‘What’s the real reason?’