‘We went to see Corrigan and she was there, like nothing had happened. Made a point of not acknowledging the fact that we had met before, either. It was very strange. She’s got to be half his age, easily. They live in some million-pound house over the Blackdown Hills.’

‘Well, tread carefully. We need to understand her situation fully before we wade in there,’ DCI Kapoor said.

‘We are about to go and see Rajesh Baqri, a man who sued Corrigan Construction in the year 2017. So far, no one is willing to tell us any specifics on what is so bad about the company, but given the way Leon Quick reacted to the questions we put to him, we think it’s something we need to get a clearer picture of. At least we know Corrigan is at the centre of whatever this is now,’ Imogen said.

DCI Kapoor nodded then said, ‘DI Walsh spoke to Jimmy Chilton again, but he said he kept his resolve. If he knows something then he isn’t talking. Hopefully, you can get something out of this Baqri man.’

‘Also, we hung around the Corrigan house last night and waited for Reece to leave. When he was gone, we spoke to Angela, but she is too scared to turn against her husband. She thinks he is some kind of all-powerful being who can get to her anywhere, get to anyone. She pretty much admitted that he did it, but right now there is no way she will testify.’

‘Well, at the moment it’s all on her and without physical evidence, it’s possible he won’t get sentenced. She’s possibly right to be concerned. Let’s get some independent evidence to support a testimony if you can eventually convince her to give one.’

‘There’s plenty of physical evidence. She is the physical evidence,’ Adrian said.

‘I mean without witnesses. A man with his means could get off. It happens. They could argue she is after a payout and that she injured herself. They could argue that someone else did it. As frustrating as it is, we can’t just go on what we believe happened. There needs to be some kind of corroboration. At the moment, it’s he said, she said. Are you willing to take that risk? Her life could depend on it.’

‘Maybe Rajesh can give us something, then,’ Imogen said.

‘Bloody well hope so. So far, apart from some names, we really don’t have anything,’ Adrian said.

‘We have a suspect,’ Imogen said.

‘I spoke to Gary this morning, as well, to see what public information he can dig up on Corrigan Construction,’ Adrian continued. ‘Maybe we can get him on something else. My main concern right now is making sure Angela doesn’t get hurt any more than she has been.’