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Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR HELEN FIELDS
  3. PRAISE FOR THE SHADOW MAN
  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 1
  49. Chapter 2
  50. Acknowledgements
  51. Keep Reading …
  52. And if you enjoyed The Shadow Man, you’ll love the D.I. Callanach series from Helen Fields …
  53. On a remote Highland mountain, a body is burning …
  54. Welcome to Edinburgh.Murder capital of Europe.
  55. The worst dangers are the ones we can’t see …
  56. When silence falls, who will hear their cries?
  57. Your darkest moment is your most vulnerable …
  58. He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying …
  59. About the Author
  60. By the same author
  61. About the Publisher

‘Think about this,’ she said. ‘Meggy’s address at Durward Grove is in Inch, south of Inch Park. Angela’s address is in Prestonfield, which is north of the top boundary of Inch Park, but still just about within walking distance.’

Baarda typed into his mobile. ‘Inch Park itself covers sixty-one acres,’ he read aloud. ‘So while their addresses look relatively distant, the parkland is the common ground between their homes.’

‘We need to gather the relevant information. Photos, maps of the park, information about how often Angela and Meggy each went to that park,’ she said.

‘Connie, you’re still talking about the same man shifting from adult females to a girl who isn’t even a teenager yet. I just don’t want to leap to any conclusions and get sidetracked. We were supposed to be looking for links between Angela and Elspeth.’

‘I’m not asking you to assume you have a single predator out there. I just need to see if there’s a chance Meggy and Angela frequented the same area,’ Connie said.

‘Okay, but Elspeth’s home is in the city centre, nowhere near Inch Park.’

Connie shrugged. ‘You got anything better than this at the moment?’

‘Fine,’ Baarda conceded. ‘You concentrate on Angela, I’ll follow up with Elspeth’s family, and I’ll ask one of the officers from MIT to do the same for Meggy. Given what her friend said about the man in the park, it’s an exercise they’ll be undertaking in any event.’

Nodding her agreement, Connie was already entering search terms into a database of psychiatric profiles. The photographs could wait. She already knew what those would show her.

‘Profile: Adult female victim + child female victim + violence + abduction + organised.’

She hit the search key and waited for the results.

Chapter Twenty-One

Wheelchair access to the sports centre wasn’t through the front door, and that suited Xavier fine. He had a priority parking space at the rear. When it was raining and holding an umbrella wasn’t practical, taking the shallow ramp down to the alleyway was just fine. There had been times in his life when he’d resented being made to feel different. An alternative doorway avoiding steps that also kept him out of queues and therefore out of sight – he’d had that with night clubs before. Seating at the edge of venues, purportedly with easier access but that actually just kept less able bodies out of view.