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Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Five Years Later
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-one
  26. Twenty-two
  27. Twenty-three
  28. Twenty-four
  29. Twenty-five
  30. Twenty-six
  31. Twenty-seven
  32. Twenty-eight
  33. Twenty-nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-one
  36. Thirty-two
  37. Thirty-three
  38. Thirty-four
  39. Thirty-five
  40. Thirty-six
  41. Thirty-seven
  42. Thirty-eight
  43. Thirty-nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-one
  46. Forty-two
  47. Forty-three
  48. Forty-four
  49. Forty-five
  50. Forty-six
  51. Forty-seven
  52. Forty-eight
  53. Forty-nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-one
  56. Fifty-two
  57. Fifty-three
  58. Fifty-four
  59. Fifty-five
  60. Epilogue
  61. Acknowledgements
  62. Canelo Crime
  63. About the Author
  64. Also by Sheila Bugler

‘Nothing of note on the area around his body. Some strands of hair found on his jacket, which we’ve sent off for testing. We’ve taken DNA samples from everyone who was at the villa, so we may get a match. For now, everyone who was at the villa on Saturday night is a suspect. The villa had CCTV. One camera at the front of the building, another at the back facing the garden and the beach. I’ve got two officers going through all the CCTV footage from that today.

‘Oh, and the foundation paid for everyone’s accommodation except Simon and Bella. They came as Nick’s guests. He paid for their room, the meal, everything.’

‘You think that’s relevant?’ Sharon asked.

‘At the moment,’ Rachel said, ‘everything’s relevant.’

That got a smile from her boss.

‘Quoting the great Ed Mitchell. Well, you could do a lot worse.’

Ed Mitchell had been Rachel’s partner for most of her career as a detective. Until he’d taken a sabbatical while he tried to work out whether he wanted to take early retirement like so many other detectives had done.

‘We’ll be speaking to Simon Gilbert later today,’ Rachel said. ‘I want to get a better idea of his relationship with his brother. And I’d like to know why neither he nor his wife thought to tell us that she used to be married to Gary Wakefield.’

Rachel stopped speaking. She hadn’t referred to her notes once and sincerely hoped Sharon had noticed and might even be impressed.

‘What about the one who’s missing?’ Sharon said. ‘Robbie Fuson. Tell me a bit more about him.’

‘Until three months ago, he was a trustee for the foundation. He stepped down from that, apparently refusing to give any reason, and no one seems to have heard from him since. We’ve got an address for him in Chiswick, west London. Someone from the local force is going there this morning to see if they can track him down.’

‘Let’s hope they manage to find him before the press do,’ Sharon said. ‘Speaking of which, I hope we won’t see any further debacles like this morning?’

‘Definitely not.’ Rachel knew Sharon was referring to Adam Murray’s appearance on Good Morning Britain. A badly timed interview that did nothing to help the investigation, and everything to bring more unwanted press attention on Rachel and her team.

‘I spoke to his agent this afternoon and made it clear there were to be no more interactions with the press unless we specifically approved them. He didn’t like it, but I think he got the message.’