‘Snap out of it, Miley.’

‘People looked at these photos and thought that I did this, Imogen. People I work with.’

‘No one who mattered thought you did that.’

‘Tell that to Professional Standards,’ Adrian said.

‘That’s their job. The DCI has spoken to DCC Sneddon and he has taken a statement from Caitlin, so all charges against you have been dropped. Once the hospital gives Caitlin the all-clear they are going to videotape her testimony and that will be that.’

‘What are the hospital doing?’ Adrian said.

‘Her legal counsel wanted her to get a psychiatric evaluation before anyone else spoke to her; she only agreed to have one done if they let her speak to me first.’

‘What the hell was Gillian Mitchell playing at? Why would she tell Caitlin to do that to herself? That’s one of the most fucked-up things I have ever heard of and whoever went to town on her face wasn’t playing. She could have been killed,’ Adrian said.

‘You obviously made quite an impression on someone. They really wanted to take you down.’ Imogen tried to lighten the mood.

‘Don’t even joke about it.’

‘Do you think that’s why Gillian Mitchell was killed? Because of what happened with Caitlin?’ Imogen said. This was obviously much bigger than they could wrap their heads around. ‘Maybe it was revenge or retaliation.’

‘There’s no way it’s not connected, but who would do that for her? How does this tie in with Norris? Look how different the murders are. Mitchell’s is so clean and calculated, almost artistic, like something from a film. It just feels so—’

‘Familiar?’ Imogen finished the sentence; she knew what he meant.

As if by magic, Gary entered the room with another stack of paperwork under his arm. He had that look on his face – the excited look that was going to blow their minds. He was about to show them something that would either open this case up or make everything a shitload more complicated. DCI Kapoor followed behind him; he had obviously called her to join them.

‘Tell me things,’ DCI Kapoor said to Adrian.

‘OK, so we have the bodies of the two professors, neither of whom seem to have been killed by the same person. One scene is frenzied, one is a lot more controlled. According to forensics, it’s possible this second murder, Gillian Mitchell, was committed by someone who had previous experience. Or maybe it was just far more premeditated and the Norris murder was a spontaneous decision. It’s not confirmed that its two different people,’ Adrian said.

‘Thank you, Adrian, it’s good to have you back,’ DCI Kapoor said. ‘You did everything PSD asked of you and you have been cleared, but still, we have to tread carefully as far as your involvement with this case goes. Please don’t give me a reason to take you off the case.’

‘We still don’t know how Caitlin Watts fits into all of this,’ Imogen said. ‘She said the professor told her that she had to falsely accuse Adrian to derail the investigation into Hugh Norris’s death. So, all three people are definitely connected, we just don’t know how.’