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Chapters (77)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Part 1
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 5
  10. 6
  11. 7
  12. 8
  13. 9
  14. 10
  15. 11
  16. 12
  17. 13
  18. 14
  19. 15
  20. 16
  21. 17
  22. 18
  23. 19
  24. 20
  25. Part 2
  26. 21
  27. 22
  28. 23
  29. 24
  30. 25
  31. 26
  32. 27
  33. 28
  34. 29
  35. 30
  36. 31
  37. 32
  38. 33
  39. 34
  40. 35
  41. 36
  42. 37
  43. 38
  44. 39
  45. 40
  46. 41
  47. Part 3
  48. 42
  49. 43
  50. 44
  51. 45
  52. 46
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  54. 48
  55. 49
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  70. 64
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  73. Acknowledgements
  74. Next in Series
  75. Canelo Crime
  76. About the Author
  77. Also by Louisa Scarr

‘So, Freya, you get on that. Start phoning homeless shelters, work out who this guy is. And I’ll nag the lab. Mina,’ – she looks up hopefully – ‘you carry on with the CCTV,’ he says. ‘And see if you can find any footage of the people that dumped the freezer. Sunday night, early Monday morning. Must have been a big van or a truck, for a freezer that bulky.’

‘Yes, skipper,’ she sighs.

Freya sits down at her desk and boots up her computer. She picks up her mobile, holding it in her hand. She hasn’t heard from Robin that morning, and for the first time, she dreads his call. Does he know about the baby? Freya wonders.

And, more to the point, if he doesn’t, should she tell him?

15

DC Grey calls first thing, his voice reedy and apologetic.

‘I spoke to the university, Sarge. They said if we want to know what Dr Mason and Dr Sharp were working on, we should go down there. Easier to show, than tell. DI Craig said you could come with me. If you want to.’

Robin agrees, keen to be involved, although he suspects Craig’s main motive is to keep him away from whatever interviews they are doing back at the station. He waits for Grey outside the Travelodge, not looking forward to getting into a car with the kid.

While he waits, he phones Josie. No change from the hospital.

‘He’s had a terrible night,’ she says. ‘Couldn’t sleep, headache, shaking. And he’s still confused.’ Robin can hear the tension in her voice. ‘One moment he’s talking about needing to see Simon, the next he’s saying how big the storm was last night and how well their filming had gone. It’s like he’s making stuff up.’

‘And what do the doctors say?’ Robin asks.

‘Not a lot. They’re going to do the MRI this morning.’

‘Good. I’ll be there as soon as possible.’

‘Take your time, Robin,’ Josie replies quietly. ‘I’d rather you were out there finding out what happened.’

Robin hangs up, his mind full. He has no idea where to start, but perhaps Finn’s lab will hold some answers.

DC Grey is so quiet in the car, it makes Robin nervous so he makes an attempt at conversation. It isn’t that he’s exactly chatty himself, but the complete silence is disconcerting.