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Chapters (54)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. PART ONE
  6. ONE
  7. TWO
  8. THREE
  9. FOUR
  10. DEADLY SAS RAID IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER SCRUTINY
  11. FIVE
  12. SIX
  13. SEVEN
  14. EIGHT
  15. NINE
  16. TEN
  17. ELEVEN
  18. TWELVE
  19. THIRTEEN
  20. FOURTEEN
  21. FIFTEEN
  22. SIXTEEN
  23. SEVENTEEN
  24. EIGHTEEN
  25. NINETEEN
  26. TWENTY
  27. PART TWO
  28. TWENTY-ONE
  29. TWENTY-TWO
  30. TWENTY-THREE
  31. TWENTY-FOUR
  32. TWENTY-FIVE
  33. TWENTY-SIX
  34. TWENTY-SEVEN
  35. TWENTY-EIGHT
  36. TWENTY-NINE
  37. DANIEL MOORE: ‘A SINGLE BLOKE, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, A BIT OF A DUNCE BUT WITH A GOOD HEART,’ BEST FRIEND SAYS.
  38. THIRTY
  39. THIRTY-ONE
  40. THIRTY-TWO
  41. THIRTY-THREE
  42. THIRTY-FOUR
  43. THIRTY-FIVE
  44. BREAKING: POLICE CONFIRM DANIEL MOORE ACTED ALONE
  45. THIRTY-SIX
  46. THIRTY-SEVEN
  47. THIRTY-EIGHT
  48. THIRTY-NINE
  49. SECOND ARREST MADE IN WESTAY HIDDEN CAMERAS CASE
  50. EPILOGUE
  51. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  52. Discover More
  53. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  54. Also by J. P. Pomare

I just shrug. I feel compelled to go in. I don’t want to wander around the house all day thinking through everything that has happened, and it’s too late to find someone to cover my shift.

‘I’ll get a ride for you now. A couple of my guys are picking up Cain’s computer. He’s volunteered access to assist in the investigation.’

•

It’s a silent trip to my front door, and I notice a second police car following us.

I don’t have my keys, but Cain has left the door unlocked.

‘Help yourself to whatever,’ I say to the two officers. I quickly shower and find my clothes for work. The officers spend most of the time in Cain’s study, carting his computer out to their vehicles. I have two missed calls on my phone from an unknown number this morning. I don’t bother calling back. Probably journalists.

The cops go through Cain’s drawers, take zip drives, old CD-ROMs, hard drives. They clean it out, then they’re gone. They’re efficient. There’s five minutes to spare when I walk out the front door.

It doesn’t make sense, nothing makes sense, I think on my way to the station. I see Daniel again, those green eyes staring down at me on the ground. Why would Cain have the footage? How did he get it? Is it possible my husband set the cameras up to spy on the guests then Daniel turned up and derailed his plans? Or… what if they knew each other somehow?

In the end I arrive a touch early to the station. I park and put my seat back in the car, waiting for my shift. I close my eyes for a second. Next thing I know someone is tapping on the window. It’s Judy, one of the old heads who I’ve worked with a few times.

‘Lina?’ she says.

‘Oh sorry. I just dozed off.’

‘Are you okay?’

‘Yeah,’ I say, scratching at my eyes. ‘I’m just waiting for my shift. What time is it?’

She looks confused for a moment. ‘You’re not rostered on today, darling.’

‘Sorry?’

‘You’re not rostered on. It’s Erica and August taking over now for us. You’re off today.’

‘Oh,’ I say, blinking. ‘It’s Thursday, right?’

‘It is, but you’re definitely not on. I checked the roster when I saw your car.’

I swallow. ‘Oh, my mistake. I must have misread it.’

‘No worries. Go get some rest.’ She taps the roof of the car with her fingers and starts out towards her own vehicle.