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СКАЧАТЬ 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Chapter 35

       Chapter 36

       Chapter 37

       Chapter 38

       Chapter 39

       Chapter 40

       Chapter 41

       Chapter 42

       Chapter 43

       Chapter 44

       Chapter 45

       Chapter 46

       Chapter 47

       Chapter 48

       Chapter 49

       Chapter 50

       Chapter 51

       Chapter 52

       Chapter 53

       Chapter 54

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgements

       A Case Gone Cold

       Dedication

       Prologue

       Now

       Six Months Later

       Acknowledgements

       About the Publisher

       The Last Straw

      Paul Gitsham

      For Nana. You never got to read it, but I think you’d have enjoyed it.

      Disclaimer:

      The town of Middlesbury, the University of Middle England, Middlesbury CID and all characters featured in this book are entirely fictional and not intended to represent any real-world individuals or organisations. It is also important to stress that whilst Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Constabularies are real organisations, they are not in any way affiliated to this book and my depiction of them and their officers are entirely imaginary. I have only the deepest respect for what they do.

       Prologue

      Blood.

      Everywhere. Across the walls, over the desk, even splattered on the glowing laptop computer. The human heart is a powerful, muscular pump and a cut artery bleeds out in seconds, spraying red, freshly oxygenated blood across the room like a fire hose.

      Tom Spencer removes his gloved hands from the dead man’s throat and rubs them down the front of his lab coat, leaving bloody trails across his chest. Hands shaking, he picks up the blood-covered telephone and presses 9 for an outside line, followed by another three 9s.

       “You are through to the emergency services. Which service do you require?”

       Spencer’s voice is shaky, his breathing rapid. “Police. There’s been a murder.”

Friday

       Chapter 1

      Detective Chief Inspector Warren Jones slid СКАЧАТЬ