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Chapters (94)
  1. Cover
  2. Time for the Dead
  3. Dedication page
  4. Map
  5. Epigraph page
  6. Prologue
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. 5
  12. 6
  13. 7
  14. 8
  15. 9
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  17. 11
  18. 12
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  90. 84
  91. Epilogue
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. About the Author
  94. By Lin Anderson

‘The MOD removed Private Forbes from the Death Star before I got to talk to her, so good job you got her statement in Portree. Janice and I managed a quick interview with Corporal Dempsey and he was very co-operative on the subject of the Sandman. We’re following up on that now. Both men in the burnt-out car have been identified. I was right about Stevenson. The other one was McNulty, who we pulled in recently for a domestic. That’s one less woman walking into doors.’

‘You’re pleased,’ Rhona said.

‘I’ll be more pleased if or when we get the Sandman, seeing as we won’t have the opportunity to prosecute Dempsey.’

‘So what happens to him?’

‘Like Lexi, he disappeared into the arms of the MOD. Who knows where they’ll end up.’

Rhona broke the silence that followed. ‘How’s Ellie?’ she said.

‘I didn’t get home last night, but I’m hoping what I planned for then will happen tonight instead.’ He paused and she could tell by his expression that he wasn’t sure if he should say what was now on his mind.

‘What is it?’ she demanded.

‘I think you should give Maguire a call. I had to tell him when you went missing.’

There was no point in berating McNab for something he’d had to do.

‘Okay,’ she said.

He broke into a grin. ‘Right, Dr MacLeod. I’m signing off now. Got things to do and people to see.’

Rhona watched as he disengaged and the screen went blank, then she took herself outside and walked down to the shore to a place she knew she would have an uninterrupted mobile signal to make the necessary call.

83

‘This is the new arrival?’

Rhona couldn’t believe the face that peeped out at her from the back seat of Donald’s 4x4. It was a collie puppy, mostly white with a touch of black. But it was the eyes that were extraordinary. One blue and one brown.

‘It’s a rescue dog. No one wanted it, and the rescue centre got in touch with me and asked if I’d take it,’ Donald explained.

‘And what does Blaze make of the new arrival?’

‘You know Blaze. He has the patience of a saint, and I suspect he’ll need it,’ Donald said.

‘What his name?’ Rhona said.

‘Laoch. It means hero in Gaelic.’

‘I thought there was only one hero around here,’ Rhona said, ruffling Blaze’s thick shaggy coat. ‘It’s a big name to live up to, but I guess Blaze will make a fine teacher.’

They were outside the Gathering Place which was bright with music and the sounds of a party. Rhona had come as promised, but as much to keep Alvis company as to be part of the wedding.

He, like Chrissy and Rhona, was heading out tomorrow morning. He was pleased to hear that she was going home.