Neil White - COLD KILL

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Title Page Neil White Cold Kill

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Chapter One

The evening was bright and warm, the sun dipping behind…

Chapter Two

It was a few days later when Jack Garrett got…

Chapter Three

It was just after nine-thirty as Laura McGanity looked around…

Chapter Four

Jack put his camera away as he watched the activity…

Chapter Five

Laura leaned against her car and peeled off her forensic…

Chapter Six

Jack was smiling by the time he reached the court,…

Chapter Seven

Laura chewed her lip as Carson approached the home of…

Chapter Eight

Laura tapped her pen against her hand as she sat…

Chapter Nine

Laura was in Carson’s slipstream as he rushed into the…

Chapter Ten

Jack strode into the offices of the Blackley Telegraph, a…

Chapter Eleven

Jack had to park some distance from the police station…

Chapter Twelve

Carson waited until they were clear of the journalists before…

Chapter Thirteen

Jack was sitting in his car, writing the story on…

Chapter Fourteen

Jack checked the clock. Just gone nine. Bobby was playing…

Chapter Fifteen

He rewound the footage again, as he had done for…

Chapter Sixteen

Jack’s movements felt sluggish as he read the words on…

Chapter Seventeen

Light streamed through the open curtain, making Jack groan. He…

Chapter Eighteen

Jack threw his car keys onto the table. Bobby was…

Chapter Nineteen

Carson was first into the mortuary, pushing the door open…

Chapter Twenty

Jack went to the Blackley Telegraph office first. Dolby was…

Chapter Twenty-One

Laura checked her notes, just to make sure that she…

Chapter Twenty-Two

Jack was outside the court when he managed to speak…

Chapter Twenty-Three

Jack had texted Laura to let her know that he’d…

Chapter Twenty-Four

Laura sat at the back of the Incident Room as…

Chapter Twenty-Five

The Incident Room was still busy from the lecture Carson…

Chapter Twenty-Six

Laura glanced out of the car window and felt a…

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Jack was at the table, hunched over his laptop, writing…

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Laura was looking down as she started the jog up…

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Nothing was clear anymore. He drove quickly in the van,…

Chapter Thirty

Jack had finished the article for Dolby and was drinking…

Chapter Thirty-One

Jack looked out of the window. He was standing a…

Chapter Thirty-Two

The morning arrived as a stream of sunlight through the…

Chapter Thirty-Three

Jack had been distracted by the emails, because the first…

Chapter Thirty-Four

Rupert glanced towards the building that had been his practice…

Chapter Thirty-Five

Jack trotted across the road to the court building. He…

Chapter Thirty-Six

Rupert checked his watch, nearly eleven-thirty, and looked up at…

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Some kids looked at Jack’s car as he drove onto…

Chapter Thirty-Eight

The noise in his head was like a drum-roll as…

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Laura checked her watch as Joe drove along the Cleveleys…

Chapter Forty

As Jack arrived home, he saw that there was someone…

Chapter Forty-One

Adam Carter glanced around the house when he went inside,…

Chapter Forty-Two

Joe was on the phone to Carson, updating him, when…

Chapter Forty-Three

As the sound of Adam’s car disappeared into the hills,…

Chapter Forty-Four

The streets of Whitcroft seemed quiet as Jack drove onto…

Chapter Forty-Five

Jack continued to drive around the estate, looking for something…

Chapter Forty-Six

Jack drove around the estate, feeling better about his article.

Chapter Forty-Seven

Jack held up the wine bottle to the light. Probably…

Chapter Forty-Eight

The morning had been a long time coming.

Chapter Forty-Nine

Jack woke up filled with determination, the emails fresh in…

Chapter Fifty

Laura leaned back in her chair and rubbed her eyes.

Chapter Fifty-One

Jack paced up and down outside the entrance to the…

Chapter Fifty-Two

Jack was still outside the police station, sitting in his…

Chapter Fifty-Three

Emma’s gate didn’t offer much security, Jack thought. Old wood,…

Chapter Fifty-Four

As Laura and Joe approached David Hoyle’s home, Laura shook…

Chapter Fifty-Five

Jack was spotted as soon as he approached Mike Corley’s…

Chapter Fifty-Six

When they arrived at the police station, Laura didn’t head…

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Jack ran into the Blackley Telegraph office, setting off the…

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Laura dropped Ida and her daughter at the rest home…

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Laura lifted her head off the floor and tried to…

Chapter Sixty

Jack was outside the bar that had once been called…

Chapter Sixty-One

Jack went for a drive.

Chapter Sixty-Two

Emma was sitting on her doorstep when Jack got there,…

Chapter Sixty-Three

Carson drove quickly away from the station.

Chapter Sixty-Four

‘Don Roberts has got him,’ Jack said, as he drove…

Chapter Sixty-Five

It was dark, almost pitch black, as Jack approached the…

Chapter Sixty-Six

Carson banged on Don’s door.

Chapter Sixty-Seven

Strong hands gripped Jack’s shoulders and pushed him against the…

Chapter Sixty-Eight

Carson waited outside Don’s house, looking down the road. Laura…

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Carson had called up more marked cars and they were…

Chapter Seventy

Jack waited for the swing, for the drop, his nails…

Chapter Seventy-One

Laura ran for the front door. Carson and a uniformed…