GHIGAU
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Ghigau
What happens when tragedy strikes twice?
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Ghigau 1.
One year later, near Primrose Hill, London. It was the beginning of a new week. London’s skyline glittered expensively, silhouetted against the...
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Ghigau 2.
Lenny’s forty-five minute walk to work, down leafy avenues and across the park, was a pleasant one. It was already very warm and the morning air was...
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Ghigau 3.
Nikki walked Lydia to school. The morning sun was already potent and they had to shade their eyes when they turned east and it caught them full face...
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Ghigau 4

“Aidan Hulme?” Lenny looked aghast. “He’s an effing corporate pirate. I’m greener than Aidan Hulme! Did you know about this Jake?” “Of course not!”...
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Ghigau 5
Nikki looked up Exa’s address on Google and noted the walk time was 17 minutes which was fine with her. At around 2.45 she left the gallery in the...
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Ghigau 6 part 1
Lenny took an Uber to Lydia’s school. The car’s air conditioning had stopped working and he opened his window in an effort to cool down. The driver...
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Ghigau 6 part 2
Hermione put her phone down and thought for a minute. She was sipping a large gin and tonic whilst reclining on a chaise lounge, in the all-white...
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Ghigau 7 part 1
Detective Sergeant Samantha ‘Sam’ Tate woke with a headache. Thumping temples, ringing ears, dry mouth. The ceiling was unfamiliar, until she...
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Ghigau 7 part 2

Five minutes later Sam was in DI Conway’s small, but well organised, office, waiting for him to finish a call. On the wall were the hallmarks of a...
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Ghigau 8
Much as he didn’t want to, Lenny had to go to work. He wanted to talk to Jake face to face. Lydia was upstairs with her grandmother Julia, who had ‘...
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Ghigau 9 part 1
DS Sam Tate climbed the four steps that took her to the Talbot’s porch and stood before the maroon, panelled door, wishing she had worn less clothing...
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Ghigau 9 part 2
Sam stood, “Would you mind if I looked around the house? You can show me round if you have time.” Lenny looked taken aback at first, but then readily...
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Ghigau part 10
Catherine Booth was in her kitchen, cooking Halloumi burgers and salad, with fruit and Greek yoghurt to follow, and sipping wine. She checked her...
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Ghigau 11
Tench pulled in to the semi-circular drive of Hermione Patterson’s house and cut the engine. Sam had elected to interview Exa, the artist woman, so...
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Ghigau 12
Sam Tate pulled up outside the address she had for the artist Exa. ‘ What a dump ,’ she thought. Somehow she had expected something different, she...
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Ghigau 13

Lenny peered around the velvet curtain that separated the waiting area from the red-carpeted main room, observing the crowd chattering noisily as...
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Ghigau 14
Lenny woke with a start. Somehow, another night had passed. Sunlight streamed through the open curtains that he hadn’t bothered to close. He reached...
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Ghigau 15
Hermione’s eyes were closed and she bit her lip in an effort to stifle a groan. The sheets beneath her were soaked with perspiration. Even with the...
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Ghigau 16
Sam Tate could sense this case was going to become big news. After the press conference, and Lenny’s outburst, when he'd found out about the stalking...
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Ghigau 17
Catherine Booth was at home and bored. It was another scorching day. The thermometer read 27 degrees and it wasn’t yet 10am. The air was thick and...
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Ghigau 18
Alan Terence O’Donnell lived in Dongola Road, Plaistow, in a small, two-up-two-down, pebble-dashed house, probably built around 1900. In the...
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