I remember the day we found out what happened to that kid and the dog who went missing on the coast by Godrevy. By midnight last night the frantic parents had knocked on almost every door in the area. And although the police were reluctant to get too involved until the kid hadn’t been seen …
She was known by the locals as Old Lady Jane. The others, the ones who came and went, rolling in annually with the same reliability as the incoming tide, would barely even notice her existence. They were focussed on other things, on the sun, the sea, the happy memories they were busily crafting. She used …
Detective Inspector Shana Lawrence took the stand and pulled the mic towards her. She stood tall and proud, stiff in her freshly pressed uniform. She scanned the courtroom, filled sparsely with a few spectators, and began to speak. “The first time Mr Anderson killed was nine years ago. His first victim: Ava Getts. He left …
The front door of their new apartment creaked slightly as it opened, and Manny dragged his tired feet over the threshold into the dark space. Why was it dark? She was home, after all, wasn’t she? He closed the door behind him, hung his keys off the hook by the door and, calling through the …
Tanya awoke lying on her stomach with her left arm dangling loosely off the side of their double bed. She cracked her eyes lazily, heavy lids complaining under the effort, and looked straight ahead to where a glass of water was refracting a rainbow onto her bedside table. Pretty, she thought. Or perhaps she mumbled …
Alfie Henderson’s customised 2008 VW Golf GTI came skidding around the corner at the end of the street. Inside, his custom speakers mounted in the boot pounded rhythmic base deep into the skulls of the car’s two occupants. Kelsey, Alfie’s girlfriend of two weeks, skipped the track impatiently, before relaxing as Biggie Smalls’ sonorous opening …
