Prime Suspect PRL5

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Introduction

Jane Tennison wanted to shout with anger. For eighteen months she had waited for

a murder case but every time something happened, every time there was a murder case, itwas given to one of the male officers. Murders were 'man's work, it seemed.

When a young woman is found horribly murdered, Detective Chief Inspector

Jane Tennison at last gets the chance she needs to prove herself.

Before long she realises that she is looing for a murderer who has illedbefore ! and will ill again. "he must wor fast to catch the murderer before he

stries again. But this is only one half of Jane Tennison#s battle ! she must alsofight to win the respect of the men she commands.

$nd the men are watching her, every step of the way, hoping she#ll fail. "hemust mae no mistaes.

Then a second body is found . . .

%ynda %a &lante#s crime stories and T' films have made her one of Britain#s

most successful writers. "he was born in ()*+ in %iverpool, ngland, and was anactress on T' and in the theatre before she became a writer. -er first T' series,

Widows, was shown in twentysi/ countries and her first novel, The egacy, was an

international bestseller.

"he spends months or even years finding out about a sub0ect before she writesabout it, and sometimes puts herself in dangerous situations to do so. #&eople say my

characters are very real ! that#s because they are real,# she says.

!rime "uspect is the first of several stories about Detective Chief Inspector

Jane Tennison. $ll the stories were very successful T' films.

Chapter 1 The First Body

1rs Corinna "albanna opened her eyes and looed at the cloc when she

heard the noise. It was almost 2 a.m. $ngrily she went downstairs. $s she passedDelia 1ornay#s room, she noticed the light was on.

#That woman3# she thought. #"he owes me rent. "he brings men bac to her

room. 4ow she leaves the front door open in the middle of the night.#

"he noced hard on Delia#s door.#Come on3 5pen it3# she shouted. #I now you#re in there.#

There was no reply. "he pushed the door open.Delia#s room was as old and dirty as the other apartments in the house. It was

untidy, clothes all over the place, and it smelled of cheap maeup. Blanets lay onthe floor ne/t to the bed.

#Come out of there right now3# 1rs "albanna cried. #I want to spea to you3#

"he pulled bac one of the blanets.

"he opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came.

Chief Detective 5fficer John "hefford was the last person to arrive at the

house. Two police cars and an ambulance were already there. $ group of curious

neighbours stood near the gate.The policemen stood bac when "hefford waled into the house. They all

new and respected him.

$t the bottom of the stairs, he stopped for a moment. -e had investigated

many murders #in his time# but this one was different. -e forced himself to goupstairs.

Detective 5fficer Bill 5tley was waiting for him.#It#s Delia 1ornay, boss,# he said 6uietly.

Inside the room the police doctor was e/amining the body and speaing into a

tape machine.

#"he#s lying on her face. -er hands are tied behind her bac . . .# The doctorwaved at "hefford and continued, #. . . a lot of blood on her head and face, serious

in0uries to her shoulders and chest. "he probably died about (2.78 a.m.#

The doctor turned the body over. "hefford turned away9 he could not loo ather. "he had been pretty9 now her face was destroyed. -er hair was covered in

blood. 5ne eye was completely gone.

#-er name#s Delia 1ornay,# "hefford said. #"he#s a prostitute. I#ve seen her

before.#

There was a small boo lying under the bed. The doctor did not notice when"hefford piced it up and gave it to 5tley without a word.

5tley put the boo in his pocet. -e would do anything for "hefford. "even

years ago, when 5tley#s wife died, "hefford was the only person who understood his(


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anger and sadness. "hefford was at the hospital the night llen died. -e did

everything he could to help. -e was always there when 5tley needed him and, in the

months after llen#s death, 5tley spent a lot of time with "hefford and his family.

"hefford was his friend as well as his boss. -e loved the man, admired him. 5tleywould do anything for him.

$ll morning the investigation continued. The doctor continued to e/amine the

body.

#"he was illed with a small sharp ob0ect, maybe a tool. "he had se/ withsomeone before she died. We can do D 4 $ tests to find the blood type of the person

who illed her. $nd something else there are mars on her arms and wrists. "hewas tied. . .#

&olicemen searched Delia#s apartment. The murderer had not stolen anything her 0ewellery and money were still there.

$ll the prostitutes and call girls who new Delia were interviewed. 4o luc.

4obody had seen her for many wees. They thought perhaps she had gone north to

visit a friend, but they did not say who.$t (( a.m., Chief Detective 5fficer Jane Tennison pared her car outside the

police station. It was a cold clear day and she hurried to her office. :or three months

she had wored on a financial case and she was bored. "he had moved to this police

department to wor on interesting cases, not to sit at a des all day.#Why#s "hefford here;# she ased &olice 5fficer 1aureen -avers.

#-e#s got a new investigation. $ prostitute was murdered last night in 1ilner


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-e iced open the door and waled into the room where 1arlow was

waiting, his hands on his nees and his head down. 1arlow looed up, surprised.

#>eorge; I#m Chief Detective 5fficer John "hefford and this is Detective

5fficer Bill 5tley. We want to as you a few 6uestions before your lawyer gets here,5 A;#

-e smiled and offered 1arlow a cigarette. #?ou smoe, >eorge;#

#4o, sir.#

#>ood. rove. I stopped and ased her how much.#

#But you#re sure you hadn#t seen her before; Delia 1ornay;#

#Delia 1ornay; Who#s Delia 1ornay;# ased 1arlow.Chapter 2 Interviews

The interview continued throughout the day.

#$fter we had se/, I too her bac to %adbroe >rove and paid her,# 1arlow

said. #The last time I saw her, she was looing into another car, a red . . . maybe a"cirocco . . . I#m not sure what type it was. I thought she#d found another customer.#

#$nd then what did you do, >eorge;##I went home.# . #What time was that;#

#I can#t remember. $s 1oyra.#

#Did you now the girl;#

#I#d never seen her before. %ie I said, she 0ust came over to my car.#"hefford showed him a photograph of Delia 1ornay.

#Come on, >eorge.# "hefford was impatient. #Was this the girl;#

#I can#t remember. It was darIn another room, 1oyra was ased the same 6uestions again and again. Whattime did 1arlow come home; Did he go out again; "he gave the same answers

every time. 1arlow came home at (8.78. They watched television and went to bed.

When the police let her go, Detective 5fficer Burin was sent bac to the

house with her. -e had orders to collect 1arlow#s car, a brown 1ar III


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night. We need more evidence but there#s blood on 1arlow#s coat. If that matches

Delia#s blood type, we#ve got him3#

$s he spoe, "hefford felt a strong pain in his chest.

Aernan looed at him. #What#s the matter;##I don#t now. I#ve got a pain #

"hefford couldn#t breathe. The pain got worse. "uddenly he fell, hitting his

head on the corner of Aernan#s des.

Aernan telephoned for a doctor. 5tley tried to help his boss stand up, but"hefford could not move. -is eyes were closed.

Tennison heard somebody shouting outside her office. $ doctor ran past.#What is it;# she ased.

#"hefford#s ill.#"hefford#s heart failed and he died before the ambulance reached the hospital.

Tennison sat in her office. "he did not lie "hefford but she was sorry he was

dead. $nd now somebody else would have to lead the Delia 1ornay case.

Aernan called his boss, >eoff Trayner, to discuss the situation. "omebodymust tae over the Delia 1ornay case and although neither man lied Tennison they

new she was waiting.

#The men won#t want to wor for her,# Aernan said, #but who else can we use;

4one of the other senior officers are available.##


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#5A. 4ow here#s the bad news,# she continued. #This is a photograph of Delia

1ornay and this is a photograph of the murder victim. Their fingerprints are not the

same. Their feet are different si@es. 5ur victim is not Delia 1ornay. "omebody

made a mistae.##?ou now "hefford identified her,# 5tley shouted.

#Then he was wrong. I want to now how 1arlow new her name. $t the

beginning of his first interview, he said he didn#t now the girl. By the end of the

second interview, he was calling her Delia3 -ow did he find out her name;#5tley opened his mouth to interrupt but she did not notice him.

#We have to start again. We have to find out who the dead girl is and whereDelia 1ornay is. I thin 1arlow is involved in this case, but if we don#t find more

evidence, we can#t charge him. "o we need to wor 6uicly.#4obody spoe as she waled to the door, but when she left the room, all the

men started taling.

#I hate her,# 5tley said. #John "hefford only died yesterday and she#s trying to

mae him loo lie a fool.#When Tennison went to interview 1arlow, she was surprised by how

handsome he was. -andsome, polite, wearing an e/pensive suit.

"he introduced herself. #?ou now what happened to John "hefford. I#m Chief

Detective Tennison. I am now in charge of this case. I need to as you some more6uestions.#

1arlow repeated his story. -e saw the girl near the station and offered her

money to have se/ with him.

#Which girl;##Delia 1ornay.#

#?ou new her then, did you;##4o, I didn#t now her name. I#d never seen her before. 1r "hefford told me

her name.#

#5A. Then what happened;#

#We had se/, in the bac seat of my car. When she climbed out of the car, shecut her hand on the edge of the radio. I gave her my handerchief to wrap around her

hand because there was blood on her fingers. Then I too her bac to the station. "he

got out of my car and went to another car ! a red one. I suppose she found anothercustomer.##$nd you#re sure you#d never seen her before;#

#4o, and I wish I hadn#t seen her then. I was so stupid.#

5tley noced on the door and Tennison went outside to spea to him.

#We#ve found some blood on his coat. It#s the same type as the victim#s. We#vegot him3#

#4o we haven#t,# Tennison replied. #-e says that the girl cut her hand in his car

! that e/plains the blood. $nd "hefford told him Delia#s name. We haven#t enough

evidence to prove that he did the murder. If we went to court with this case they

would find him not guilty immediately.#

Tennison interviewed 1arlow for another hour. :inally she collected her

papers together.#Just one more 6uestion, 1r 1arlow. ?ou drove home. Is that right;#

#?es.#

#Do you have a garage;#

#4o, I left the car outside the house. The police say they can#t find it. Do youthin it#s been stolen;#

Tennison did not reply. "he was waling to the door when 1arlow stoppedher.

#/cuse me. Can I go home now;##4o. I#m sorry, 1r 1arlow, but you can#t.#

5tley was sitting in the meeting room taling to Burin when Tennison

waled in with a big, darhaired man.#This is Detective Tony 1uddyman. -e starts wor with us tomorrow. I#ve

told him something about the case, but you can tell him the details.#

1uddyman new some of the officers and they greeted him. 5tley was not

sure about him. -e did not want any friends of Tennison#s woring on the team.Tennison piced up a piece of paper from 5tley#s des.

#$re these the names of girls who#ve been reported missing;#

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#"o what;#

Tennison noted the good 0ewellery which 1oyra wore, e/pensive bracelets,

lots of rings. . . her nails were long and red.

#We want to search this house. We have the necessary papers. I#d lie to asyou a few 6uestions while Detective Burin loos around.#

#I don#t have much choice, do I;# 1oyra said as she let them in.

The house was tidy and well decorated.

#This is very nice,# Tennison said.#What did you e/pect; >eorge wors hard, he earns plenty of money. -ave

you found his car yet; It#s your fault it#s gone. "omebody will have seen you taehim away and stolen the car.#

#I can#t give you any information about the car. I 0ust want to have a chat withyou. I#ve taen over the investigation. The other inspector died suddenly.#

#>ood3 The fewer police, the better3#

#-ow do you feel about your husband picing up a prostitute, 1oyra;#

Tennison ased.#Wonderful3 -ow do you thin I feel;#

#What about the girl he attaced before he went to prison;#

#-e didn#t do anything. That woman was cra@y. 1aybe >eorge had too much

to drin, but he didn#t attac her.##Was he drun when he came home on "aturday night;#

#4o, he was not3#

#$nd what time did he arrive home;#

#-alf past ten. We watched television and we went to bed.#Tennison too a photograph from her bag and showed it to 1oyra. #This is the

girl he admits he had se/ with. %oo at her.##"o what; I#m sorry the girl#s dead but what do e/pect me to do about it;

&lenty of men have se/ with other women.#

#5ne more 6uestion, 1oyra. Did you now Delia 1ornay;#

#I#ve never heard of her.##4ever;#

#4o.# #$nd you#re certain >eorge didn#t now her;#

1oyra folded her arms across her chest. #I#ve never heard of her.#Tennison put the photograph bac in her bag. #Than you for your time,# shesaid.

$s they left the house, Burin told her that he had not found any handerchief

with blood on it.

5tley and Jones searched through a list of all the girls who had been reportedmissing in %ondon during the last month, then they began visiting their homes. 5ne

of them could be the murder victim. The first apartment they visited was in a good

neighbourhood but the apartment itself was untidy and dirty.

$ tall blonde haired girl opened the door.

#1y friend, Aaren, has been missing for about two wees. 4obody has seen

her. I thought she was staying with her boyfriend, but she isn#t.#

#Do you have a photograph of her;# 5tley ased.When he looed at the photograph of the pretty young girl he new

immediately he had found the name of the murder victim.

Tennison and Burin visited two other families who had reported missing

daughters. 4either of them was anything lie the murdered girl.#5tley has done this on purpose. -e new these couldn#t be the girls. -e#s

trying to mae me loo stupid,# she thought.$s they drove bac to %ondon, Tennison ased Burin, #What do you thin of

1arlow;#Burin answered slowly. #I thin he did it. There#s something about him. I

don#t now what, but I thin he#s our man.#

Tennison stared out of the car window, taling more to herself than to Burin.

#?ou now, being a woman in my position isn#t easy. I have feelings about people,but they#re probably different to yours. $s a man, you feel that 1arlow did it. Why;

Why do you thin it#s him;#

#-e had se/ with her. We now that.#

#That doesn#t mae him the murderer. We have to find the lins, theconnections. -is wife supports him. -e#s been in trouble before, but she still

supports him.#

#I still thin it#s him,# Burin said.

#?ou can#t charge a man because you think he#s guilty. ?ou have to haveevidence.#

$t that moment, a message came over the radio. The officers had searchedevery inch of Delia#s flat. There was no evidence to show that 1arlow had ever been

there, not a single hair.

Tennison leaned bac in her seat. #-ow did he get in there and wal away

without leaving anything behind;#The third house they visited belonged to a rich family. The door was opened

by a man.

#1a0or -oward; I#m Chief Detective Tennison and this is Detective Burin.We want to as you some 6uestions about your daughter.#-e let them into the house. #5f course. Do come in.#

-e led them into a large room with big windows which looed out onto the

garden.

The elderly man turned to them. #&lease sit down. What can I do for you; Issomething wrong;#

#We#re looing for your daughter. 4obody has seen her for two wees.#

#What; Is this a 0oe;# The man looed upset, but Tennison ept on+


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6uestioning him.

#Do you have a photograph of your daughter;#

When the 1a0or showed her a photograph, Tennison new immediately who

it was.#I#m sorry, sir,# she said. #I have to tell you that I thin your daughter is dead.#

5tley and Jones spent the rest of the afternoon interviewing prostitutes. 4one

of them could remember when they last saw Delia.

#These women mae me angry,# 5tley said. #We should get rid of them all.They#ll do anything for money.#

Jones did not reply.#1y wife,# 5tley went on, #was a good woman. "he never hurt anybody and

she died. Why did she have to die; Why not one of these women;#Tennison led 1a0or -oward into the room where the body was lying.

#$re you ready;# she ased him.

-e nodded.

"he pulled bac the blanet which covered the body.#1a0or -oward, is this your daughter, Aaren Julia -oward;#

-e stared at the dead girl. Tennison waited. $fter a long time, he nodded.

#?es, this is my daughter.#

There were many 6uestions which Tennison wanted to as him, but he spoefirst.

#-ow did she die; -ow long has she been here; Why wasn#t I told before;

Who is in charge of this investigation;#

Tennison interrupted. #I#m in charge.##?ou; %et me spea to Commander Trayner. -e#s a friend of mine. I will not

have a woman in charge3 %et me see the Commander.#Tennison opened her mouth to reply but Burin stopped her.

#%eave him alone,# he said. #-e#s upset.#

#I have many friends,# the 1a0or shouted. #I now many people who could lead

this investigation #Then he began to cry lie a small child.

Tennison was ashamed of herself for wanting to 6uestion him. "he left the

1a0or and Burin together. The young police officer put his arm across the olderman#s shoulders as he ept on crying.

Chapter 4 Another Murder

4e/t morning, Aernan had three visitors. The first was Tennison with a reportthat the murder victim had been identified. "econd was 5tley, complaining that

Tennison was a bad police officer.

#We should have charged 1arlow with the murder. We have the results of the

D 4 $ tests. We now he did it. "he#s no good.#

The third visitor was $rnold pcher, 1arlow#s lawyer.

#I thin you should loo at these cases, Chief "uperintendent. In each one, the

evidence depended on D4$ tests and in each one the accused was found not guilty.1r 1arlow has said he was at home when the girl was murdered and you don#t have

enough evidence to prove he committed the murder. ?ou have to let him go.#

Tennison interviewed the girl who lived with Aaren.#The last time I saw her, she was going to wor. "he was a fashion model. "he

was always so happy.# The girl burst into tears.1ichael, Aaren#s boyfriend, could not help.

#We argued. I haven#t seen her for a few wees. I was on holiday until the (7thof January. When I came home I telephoned the apartment and her friend said she

wasn#t there. Then I telephoned her parents# house but they hadn#t seen her since

Christmas. "o I went to the police and reported that she was missing.#

#Where were you on the night of the thirteenth;##$t my parents# home. They#ll tell you I was there all night.#

$t +.( p.m., Aernan said they must let 1arlow go home. There was not

enough evidence to prove that he murdered Aaren and the police had ept him aslong as they could.

Tennison broe the news to the other police officers.

#We eep investigating him until we find the evidence.#

#?ou shouldn#t have let him go3# 5tley shouted. #If 1arlow ills another girl, itwill be your fault.#

#That#s enough, "ergeant 5tley,# Tennison said. #This case was handled badlyfrom the beginning. There is not enough evidence to charge him, so we will eep

searching for more until we can bring him bac and eep him here.#

Tennison opened her car door. 1arlow ran up to her.

#/cuse me, 1iss,# he said. #I wanted to than you. I new you would help me.#Tennison stared at him. -e was handsome, he looed innocent, but she new that he

was the murderer. "he was certain that he was involved. 1arlow got into a ta/i. $

moment later, 5tley ran up to Tennison#s car. #I#ve 0ust had a telephone call. They#vefound another body. "he was attaced and her hands were tied. :rom the description,it#s Delia 1ornay.#

It was after = p.m. when Tennison and 5tley reached the field where the body

lay. It was raining hard and the ground was muddy.

The body was covered with dirt. It had been there for a long time. Tennisonlooed at the face.

#I thin you#re right. It loos lie Delia 1ornay.#

$lthough the body was covered with mud, she could see the mars on theE


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girl#s arms. They were the same as the mars on Aaren#s body.

#?ou shouldn#t have released 1arlow,# 5tley said. #-e probably did this one

too.#

#I had to let him go. If "hefford hadn#t made so many mistaes at thebeginning of the investigation !#

#Don#t you tal about my boss lie that3# 5tley shouted. #-e was a good

policeman. -e new 1arlow was the iller. -e thought he#d done another murder in

5ldham !##What; Why didn#t you tell me;#

#-e wasn#t certain.##There must be reports on this other case. I want them on my des tomorrow

morning. $nd 5tley ! if you hide any more information from me, I#ll have youmoved to another department.#

Chapter 5 Delia Mornay's Diary

&eter


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Tennison was taling to the officers on the case.

#"he died about si/ wees ago. %ie Aaren, she was illed somewhere else and

then taen to the field. "he was tied up lie Aaren. What have you found out,

1uddyman;##1arlow went to wor today, but he#s left his 0ob. -e travels a lot.#

#Where was he at the beginning of December;#

#-e was in %ondon.#

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with that she was going home. "he never returned to her apartment. Were you in

%adbroe >rove that night, at around si/thirty; Did you see her;#

$ woman police officer, dressed in the same clothes as Aaren had worn,

appeared on the screen.#We now that Aaren had problems starting her car. $ man saw her trying to

start it.#

5n the television, a man went over to the girl dressed as Aaren.

#>ot a problem;##?es. It won#t start.#

The man tried to help but still the car would not move. -e shoo his head. #Ithin you#d better call a garage.#

#We now that Aaren loced her car and waled to the main road. "he wasnever seen again,# Tennison went on.

>eorge 1arlow stood in front of the television watching the programme.

#Turn it off3# 1oyra said. #What are you watching that for;#

#Because I want to see what she#s saying. "omebody out there nows whathappened they now who illed her.#

#The police thin it was you.#

#Well, it wasn#t. ?ou have to believe me.#

1oyra watched the television with horror as a car lie >eorge#s appeared onthe screen. Tennison was saying that the police needed to find the car as part of the

investigation.#>eorge3# she screamed. #They#ve got a car lie yours3 They#re giving out the

car number3#1arlow put his head in his hands. #Why are they doing this to me; Why;#

$fter the programme finished, Jane drove 6uicly to her parents# home. "hehad forgotten to send her father a birthday card and present, so she bought two

bottles of wine from the shop near their house.

#Well, was I 5 A;# she ased. #Did you see me on television; -ave you

recorded it on the video; "witch it on let me see myself.#&eter switched on the video. Jane sat on the edge of her chair. The television

showed a football match.

#What#s this; ?ou#ve recorded the wrong programme3# Then she began toshout at her father.There were only ten phone calls to the police station after the programme

finished. 5ne of them was useful. $ woman called -elen 1asters remembered

seeing Aaren getting into a car. "he gave a description of the driver. -e was about

five feet ten inches tall, rather handsome, with very dar hair. "he described >eorge1arlow.

Jane and &eter argued all the way home.

#?our father 0ust made a mistae,# &eter said. #-e didn#t record the wrong

programme on purpose.#

-e new how important it was. -e always gets it wrong3#

#?ou are so selfish3 Don#t you ever thin about anyone e/cept yourself; It was

your father#s birthday and all you could do was shout at him.##It#s always the same. They don#t care about my 0ob. They thin I should be

lie &am and have children . . .# "uddenly Jane began to laugh. #-e#s done this

before, you now. -e recorded part of a football match over the video of &am#s

wedding.#When she opened the door to the apartment, the telephone was ringing. #We#ve

got a witness,# she said to &eter. #$ woman saw Aaren get into a man#s car. "he saysthe man new Aaren ! he called out her name. $nd he looed lie >eorge 1arlow.

I#m going to 6uestion him again.##Tonight; ?ou#re going bac to the station now;#

Fuicly, Jane changed her clothes, issed &eter and left the apartment. &eter

lay bac on the bed and sighed. "ometimes she really annoyed him ! her moods,

her temper.

Chapter A !itness

-elen 1asters was a good witness.#I was standing near the railway station,# she said. #I saw the man first. -e had

dar hair . . . Then I saw the girl. I recognised her later when I saw her photographon television. The man waled to the edge of the pavement and called to her.#

#?ou definitely heard him call her name;# Tennison ased.#5h yes.#

-elen 1asters was ased to identify the man she had seen.Twelve men stood in a row. ach man held a number in front of his chest.

>eorge 1arlow was number ten.

-elen looed at them through a window. "he could see them but they could

not see her. ach man was ased to step forward and shout the name #Aaren#. ight. .. nine . . . ten.

%ooing straight ahead, >eorge 1arlow called out #Aaren# loudly. -elen

1asters stared at him for a long time.The reception area of the police station was busy. Tennison thaned -elen1asters for her help, even though she wanted to scream with anger. -elen had not

identified 1arlow as the man she had seen.

1arlow left the station with his lawyer, $rnold pcher. $s he waled past

Tennison, he stopped.#Why are you doing this to me;# he ased. #I was pulled out of bed at four

o#cloc this morning. ?ou have a policeman following me all the time. ?ou now

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#>et him out of here,# Tennison said.

1aureen -avers came up to her.

#Aernan wants to see you.#

#Tell him you couldn#t find me.##1arlow#s lawyer is with him. -e says you shouldn#t have given out the

number of 1arlow#s car on television last night. ?ou could only do that if the car

was reported stolen, and 1arlow hadn#t reported it.#

#5h no3 Well, do something about it. We all now that reports of stolen carscan get lost. The report has probably been put in the wrong drawer, hasn#t it;#

1aureen nodded and smiled.Tennison and Jones went to the factory where 1arlow had wored to tal to

his boss.#-as >eorge always wored in %ondon;# Tennison ased.

#-e started wor in 1anchester. We moved the factory to %ondon in ()=2.

>eorge still travelled around the 1anchester area !he new all the customers.#

Did anyone go with him;##1oyra always went with him. "he had family up there.#

#I need a list of all the places he visited.# Tennison said.

%ater that day at a meeting of all the policemen woring on the case, 5tleytold them what was happening.

#These photographs show the bodies of Aaren and Delia. ?ou can see that themars on their bodies are the same. We now that the D 4 $ tests show 1arlow had

se/ with Aaren before she died, but he has e/plained that. -e also has a reason whyAaren#s blood was on his coat ! he says she cut herself on his car radio. We have

nothing to lin him with Delia 1ornay. I thin his car is important. We#ve still notfound it, but if we do, there may be enough evidence in it to prove he did the

murders. "o find the car3#

Tennison came into the room.

#Aaren didn#t fight when she was attaced. -er fingernails were short andclean and there was no blood on them. They had been cleaned with some sort of

brush. Delia did fight. -er fingernails were long and false and she lost three of

them.# #Did 1arlow have any scratches on his body when we searched him;# Burinased.

#4o he didn#t,# Tennison replied. #We have no evidence to prove that he illed

Delia or that he went to her apartment with Aaren#s body. But I still thin he#s the

murderer.#5tley went to see Aernan.

#We#re not maing progress,# he said #"he#s maing a mess of this case.#

#%et her continue,# Aernan said. #We can#t get rid of her unless there#s a good

reason. The best thing you can do is try to cooperate with her.#

#I miss "hefford,# 5tley said. #-e was a good policeman and he was my friend.#

#We all miss him, Bill. But you have to wor with Tennison whether you want

to or not.#$s 5tley left Aernan#s office, he met 1aureen -avers. "he was carrying a pile

of reports on murders in the north of ngland, in places which 1arlow had visited.

5tley helped her carry the papers.

#If you find anything in 5ldham, 1aureen, let me loo at it first.##5A,#1aureen said.

Chapter " Conne#tin$ %viden#e

1aureen -avers complained to "ergeant 5tley. It was the third "unday she

had wored and she did not lie it. "he put a pile of bo/es on the des.

#It#s "unday. I should be at home with my family, not woring.#

#-ave you found any murders reported in 5ldham;#1aureen pointed at his des. #The file is on there.#

Burin ran into the room. -e had a newspaper in his hand.

#%oo at this,# he said.

Jane Tennison was at home. "he hated cooing but she had promised to maea meal for &eter#s friends the following night. -er sister &am was helping her to plan

the menu. The sisters were very different. Jane had no patience with housewor9&am loved it. "he had married soon after she had left school and had two children.

-er third child was due in the ne/t two wees.&eter came into the room carrying a newspaper.

#%oo at this,# he said. 5n the front page of the newspaper was an interviewwith 1arlow.

#I#m innocent,# the story in the newspaper said, #but the police are following me

and maing me loo lie a criminal.#

There was a picture of Tennison and some other officers on the case.#That#s spoiled everything,# Jane said. #We can#t as witnesses to identify

1arlow when they#ve seen his picture in the newspapers. $nd these photographs

show which officers are following him.#"he piced up her coat. #I#m going to the police station.#In the interview room, someone had pinned a copy of the newspaper on the

wall. $ngrily, Tennison tore it down.

#5A,# she said. #We#ve all seen the newspapers.#

5tley smiled. #"ome of them say that women police officers shouldn#t be incharge of murder cases lie this.#

Before Tennison could reply, 1aureen came in.

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5tley told the officers to start wor again. #We have a list of murders which

too place in the north of ngland. I want you to chec for any that happened when

1arlow was in the area.#

#-ave you finished looing at the 5ldham reports;# 1aureen ased him.#4ot yet,# 5tley replied.

-e had looed through some of them and he new there was a problem. -e

was not certain what to do ne/t.

When Tennison came bac she told them what Aernan had said.#1arlow is no longer being followed officially, so I want four officers to

watch him without Aernan nowing.##What else did Aernan say;# Burin ased.

#If I don#t get some evidence against 1arlow soon, I#m being moved off thecase,# she said 6uietly.

The officers wored all day and late into the night.

#We have several cases which we need to loo at,# 5tley told Tennison.

#1urders in 5ldham, "outhport and Warrington.##1ae a list of the officers who are available and send them up to investigate.

"ee if there is any connection with 1arlow,# she

said.

$fter 5tley left, 1aureen -avers ased, #Why is 5tley so interested in5ldham; Does he have family up there;#

#What do you mean;# Tennison said.#Well, he ased me for the reports on murders in 5ldham and now he#s said he

wants to go up there tomorrow.#"lowly, Tennison realised what 1aureen was saying.

#%et me loo at the 5ldham reports.#There was one case which interested her. Jeannie "harpe, aged twenty one, a

prostitute, murdered in ()=*. The head of the investigation was. . . Detective John

"hefford.

Why was 5tley so interested in this case; It had to be connected with"hefford. "he decided that she would go to 5ldham tomorrow, not 5tley.

#>ood morning,# Jane said to &eter as he came into the , itchen.#Where were you last night;# he ased#I came in late so I slept in the other bedroom. I didn#t want to wae you.# &eter

did not reply.

#I#ll come home as early as I can tonight,# Tennison said. #I haven#t forgotten

your friends are coming for dinner. I#ll be in 5ldham all day.#"he ran out of the apartment.

&eter stood looing at the door.

5ldham; That#s two hundred miles away3#

When they arrived in 5ldham, Tennison and Jones were met by "ergeant

Tomlins. -e told Tennison and Jones about the murder of Jeannie "harpe. #"he was

found in an empty building,# he said. #"he was tied, her face was badly cut, clothes

torn off.##It#s a nasty place to die,# Tennison said.

#Well, these prostitutes as for it3#

#"he was only twentyone years old, sergeant,# Tennison replied angrily, but

Tomlins was already waling away.#?ou can tal to some of her friends,# he said. #They#re all prostitutes too. We

try to clean them off the streets but they#re lie rats ! they eep coming bac.#The apartment was cold and damp, but somebody had tried to mae it loo

cheerful. Tennison was sitting in an old chair beside a table on which there were twofull ashtrays. "he was taling to two of the dead girl#s friends, Carol and %inda.

Carol, a badly dressed but attractive woman in her thirties, was telling her about the

last time she had seen Jeannie alive.

#We came out of the pub. There was a car pared near the corner of the street.##What sort of car;#Tennison ased.

#$ dar one,# %inda said. #I thin it was dar and it had a

lot of silver on the front. $nyway, the driver called out

to Jeannie . . .#-e called out; ?ou mean he new her name;#

#I don#t thin he called her name, 0ust ased her how much. "he went over andgot into the car. We never saw her again.#

Tennison showed them the newspaper photograph of 1arlow.#Was this him;#

#I don#t now. -e had dar hair but I didn#t see his face.##The police who were woring on the case were horrible,#

Carol said. #There was one "hefford was his name they got

rid of him.#

#Why;# Tennison ased.#I suppose they found out about him and Jeannie,# Carol said. #-e was one of

her customers. -e said he#d loo after her.#

#&oor id,# %inda said. #"he had a bad life. Then she ended up tied up and deadin some empty building.#

It was late. &eter checed his watch. -e was waiting for Jane to come home.

The front door crashed open and Jane ran in.

#I#m sorry3 We were late getting bac from 5ldham. Don#t worry the mealwill be ready before your friends arrive.#

"he was right. When &eter#s friends arrived, dinner was ready.

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bored and she had drun too much. The three men were taling about their wor and

their wives only taled about clothes.

#&eter told me you wor for the police,# "ue said. #What do you do; $re you a

secretary;##4o,# Tennison said. #$t the moment I#m investigating a murder.#

#I thin some women as for trouble,# %isa said.

#What, as to be murdered;# Jane ased.

#4ot e/actly, but. . .##4obody ass to be murdered,# Tennison said angrily. #It could happen to you.#

The telephone rang and Jane went to answer it. $s she left the room, she heard&eter say, #"orry about that.#

#Don#t apologise for me,# Jane shouted. #I can spea for myself#$fter the guests had gone, Jane said, #Well, I thin they en0oyed themselves.#

#Do you;# &eter ased. #Did you have to start taling about those women and

your case;#

#Why shouldn#t I;##Because it#s always you, Jane. ?our 0ob, your life. ?ou, you, you3 ?ou don#t

care about anybody else.#

#That#s not true3#

#?ou care about your officers, your victims, your prostitutes. ?ou give all yourtime to them.#

#That#s my 0ob3##Tonight was for my 0ob and my friends, but you still have to tae over.#

"uddenly Jane felt very tired, too tired to argue.#%oo,# she said, #I#m sorry. I dran too much wine, and those people were so

boring#Do you ever thin how boring you are when you tal about wor all the time;

-ow many times have we taled about >eorge 1arlow; Do you now how boring

that is for me;#

#&eter, I#ve said I#m sorry.# "he began to cry. "he cried for the girls she hadseen that day, the prostitutes whose lives were so sad and so dangerous.

&eter nelt down beside her. #I#m sorry, love. %et#s go to bed. We#ll tal

tomorrow.#Jane went to bed but she could not sleep. 4e/t morning when she got up theitchen was still full of dirty dishes and food as it had been the night before. "he put

on her coat.

#I#ve been thining, &eter,# she said. #I love you, but you#re right. I put my wor

first. It is more important to me than anything else. I don#t thin I can changebecause I#m doing what I always wanted to do. I have to put everything into my

wor . . .#

"he was telling him that she could never be the sort of woman he wanted.

"omebody noced at the door. #That#ll be my car,# she said.

#?ou#d better go.#

#I don#t now what time I#ll be home tonight.#

&eter stood in the itchen after she left, looing at the dirty dishes, then hereached out and noced them all to the floor.

Tennison sat silently ne/t to Jones as he drove. :inally he spoe

to brea the silence.#$re you 5A;#

#I want 1arlow#s car found,# Tennison said.#Trouble at home; 1y wife was angry when I was so late getting home. 1y

dinner was burned.##The difference is that you get your dinner cooed for you. I have to coo as

well as everything else.#

Aernan had come in early to tal about the 1arlow case. -e stood and

watched as Tennison and 5tley shouted at each other.#>eorge 1arlow was 6uestioned in ()=* about the murder of a prostitute

called Jeannie "harpe. John "hefford was one of the officers on the case. -e was

moved to %ondon because it was discovered that he was having a relationship with

the murdered girl,# Tennison said. #4one of this has been put in the files. We nownow that he was having a relationship with Delia 1ornay. -e must have nown

that he identified the wrong girl. -e was hiding something.#5tley was very angry. #That#s a he. If John "hefford was alive . . .#

#-e#s not alive, he#s dead, and now you#re protecting him. ?ou re6uested the5ldham reports because you new "hefford was involved. . .#

#That#s not true3#Aernan interrupted. #That#s enough3 Calm down, both of you3#

#"ir,# Tennison said. #I#ve been woring as hard as I can to solve this case.

>eorge 1arlow is still my only suspect for both of the %ondon murders and a

possible suspect for the murder of Jeannie "harpe.##I don#t now anything about Jeannie "harpe#s murder,# 5tley said. #I now

some of the officers are friendly with these girls. . .#

#:riendly3#Aernan banged his hand on the des.#Be 6uiet3 Did "hefford thin there was a connection between the first murder

and Jeannie "harpe;#

#I don#t now,# 5tley replied. #I wanted to chec the case. When I read the

report, I saw John#s name. I wanted to see what it was about.#Aernan nodded, then said, #?ou#ve got wor to do. ?ou can go now.#

5tley hesitated. It was obvious Aernan wanted to tal to Tennison by herself.

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#1aybe we got off to a bad start,# he said. #I was upset by John#s death. 1aybe

I should have taen a holiday

"he nodded.

$fter he had gone, Aernan said, #What do you want to do;##I want 5tley taen off this case and I want an officer I wored with before

brought in. Detective $mson. -e#s a good man. $nd I want 1arlow watched all the

time.#

Aernan nodded. -e new that this was the price he must pay to hide themistaes which "hefford and 5tley had made.

$s Tennison crossed the car par 5tley came over to her.#%oo, I#m sorry,# he said.. #I thin we started badly. Would you lie to come

for a drin so we can tal;#Tennison shoo her head. #-as Aernan spoen to you;#

5tley shoo his head.

#4o. %oo, I didn#t now about John woring on the Jeannie "harpe case . . .#

#?es, you did,# Tennison said 6uietly. #?ou#re off the case, Bill.I#ve brought in someone else. $nd I want the names of all the officers on this

case who have been friendly with prostitutes.#

5tley stared bac at her but there was no anger left in him. "he gave him a

small nod and waled towards a car that had 0ust come into the car par. It wasdriven by the new detective, Terry $mson.

#>lad I#m bac woring with you,# he said. #-ow#s it going;#Tennison smiled. #I thin I#m doing 5A.#

5tley#s sad figure was still standing there as they drove away.

Chapter & More n(or)ation

Terry $mson drove up the motorway. -e and Tennison were going to tal to

the woman 1arlow had attaced before he was sent to prison. Tennison told $mson

what had happened in the case up to that time.#We have three girls, Delia 1ornay, Aaren -oward and Jeannie "harpe. $ll of

them were tied in the same way. I still thin 1arlow is the man.#

&auline >illing lived in a small house with her father. It too her a long timeto open the door because it had so many locs."he was about thirtyeight but she looed older. "he spoe in a soft voice as

she told them about the night 1arlow attaced her.

#It was the seventh of 4ovember, ()==, about fourthirty in the afternoon. I

wored in a flower shop, but it was closed for the afternoon. I went to thehairdresser#s.#

"he was very nervous and ept coughing as she forced herself to spea. #$s I

came up to the front door, I heard somebody call my name. G&auline3 -ello,

&auline3G I turned round and saw this man. I didn#t recognise him. -e was smiling

and he waled towards me. G$ren#t you going to invite me in for a cup of tea,

&auline;G I said I was sorry, I thought he#d mistaen me for somebody else. Then he

came very close and grabbed me by the throat and started pushing me into the house.-e ept hitting me and I fell down, then he iced me.#

"he stopped speaing.

$fter a moment, Tennison said, #$nd then your father came in;#

#?es. -e was upstairs. Daddy called my name and the man ran away. 1yfather is blind. -e couldn#t identify the man.#

#But you were able to identify him;##5h yes,# &auline said. #-e was clever, he had a beard when he attaced me but

he shaved it off afterwards. But I recognised his eyes. I#ll never forget his eyes . . . Ifmy father hadn#t called out, >eorge 1arlow would have illed me.#

Tennison crossed the room and sat beside &auline >illing. #Than you for

telling me what happened. I#m sorry you had to tal about it again.#

#I thin about it all the time,# &auline said. #very time someone nocs at thedoor or there#s a strange sound at night, I e/pect him to come bac and ill me. I had

to leave my 0ob. I can#t sleep. -e should have been in prison for years but they let

him go after eighteen months. I#m frightened that he#ll come bac. -e said he would.#

$s Tennison climbed bac into the car, she said to $mson, #1arlow had abeard when he attaced her and then shaved it off3 That matches what the girls in

5ldham told me. They thought that Jeannie#s murderer had a beard.#

Two men were painting the row of garages near 1arlow#s house. $ few yardsaway, 1arlow stood, his hands in his pocets, watching them.

5ne of the men went to his van for another tin of paint.#/cuse me, are you painting all of the garages;# 1arlow ased.

#Just these,# Detective %illie said.

#1ost of the people around here par on the road,# 1arlow went on. #1y car

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Tennison was careful not to show how e/cited she was. #-e had a garage;#

#?eah. That car was really important to him. -e spent a lot of time on it.#

$ prison guard looed round the door.

#There#s a telephone call for DC Tennison.#Tennison too the call. The officers had found reports on two more bodies in

the north of ngland which had mars on them lie those of Aaren -oward and

Delia 1ornay.

1arlow was still taling to eorge. Why don#t you tell us where theeys are;#

#I par my car out on the street. I don#t have a garage.##?our car isn#t always on the street. We#ve ased the neighbours.#

#When it#s not pared there I#m away on business.##>eorge,# Tennison said, #we now you have a garage. $ friend of yours told

us.#

#What friend; I don#t have any friends because of you3 4ow you#ve made

people thin I#m a murderer . . .##We have a witness who says you told him you have a garage

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#>ive my love to &eter,# &am said.

#If I see him I will. It#s finished.#

&am was upset. #5h no3 Why; Is there someone else;#

#4o, there#s no one else. We both agreed that it was better to finish it.##Well,# &am said, #you now what you#re doing. -ave you solved that case we

saw on television;#

Jane paused before she answered. -er family did not understand anything

about her wor. They did not understand her or how she felt about &eter leaving.#4o, I haven#t got him ! yet. >oodnight. I#ll see you again soon.#

$s she closed the door only the e/pression in Jane#s eyes showed how lonelyshe felt. 4ow all she wanted was to go home and cry.

Chapter 1* Maureen's dea

#What do you thin you#ve been doing;# Aernan demanded.

#We had good reason to search 1arlow#s apartment. . .##I#m not taling about 1arlow3 Why has $mson been looing through

"hefford#s files; $re you so desperate to find a murderer that you#re accusing him;#

#I taled to $mson last night

#%eave it, Jane3 There#s no evidence that "hefford was involved.##I#m sorry, but I thin . . .#

-e did not let her finish.#?ou#ve been all over the country trying to find evidence against one of the

best officers I#ve ever wored with. I#m bringing in Chief Detective 5fficer -icocto tae over. $s soon as he arrives, you#re off the case.#

$mson came running down towards her as she left Aernan#s office.#We#ve found another murder that lins with the others. It happened in

Blacburn in ()=E. That means there#s been one murder every year e/cept for the

time 1arlow was in prison. veryone is waiting for you in the meeting room.#

#What about "hefford;# Tennison ased. #Did he investigate this murder aswell;#

#4o.#

#>ood,# Tennison said.

$t least thirty people were waiting for her. "ome of them were drining coffeeand eating sandwiches9 the rest were taling. The noise was very loud.

Burin and two other officers came in after Tennison. They had been upstairs

with the superintendent.

#What happened;# 1uddyman ased.#We got into trouble for being too friendly with some of the prostitutes. 5nly a

warning this time. I thin Tennison gave us some support. 1aybe she#s not so bad

after all. -ave you heard; They#re saying that -icoc might be taing over the

case.#

#Fuiet, please,# Tennison shouted. #4ow, we need to loo at this case again.

&erhaps we#ve missed something.#

$mson switched on a video which showed the bodies of the girls who hadbeen murdered.

#Aaren -oward, the first victim. -er body was found in Delia 1ornay#s

apartment and mistaen for her. %oo at the mars on her arms. The ne/t victim was

Delia 1ornay. "he was illed about si/ wees before Aaren and her body washidden in a field. %oo at the mars on her arms almost the same as those on

Aaren#s body. Jeannie "harpe, illed in 5ldham in ()=*. $gain, note the mars andcuts. $ngela "impson, murdered in a par in ()=.# -e showed a picture of a pretty

young girl. #"he was a hairdresser. "he was getting married. 1arlow wasinterviewed during the investigation. -e was staying in a hotel fifty yards away from

the par where $ngela was found. There were no mars on her arms, but loo at

this.#

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-avers pushed tothe front of thecrowd. "he putup her hand as if she wanted

to say something, then lowered it again. "he moved closer and touched Tennison#s

arm.

#Boss. . . this may be cra@y but. . .##$nything might help,# Tennison said. #What have you

got;#

#There is a connection between the others.#

#To 1arlow;##4o, to 1oyra -enson. When I 6uestioned 1oyra she said she didn#t have a

0ob. $bout fifteen years ago she was arrested as a prostitute and then she said shewored as a beautician. If she wored when she travelled with 1arlow, then perhaps

he met the girls through her#>ood for you3# Tennison said. #We#ll chec it out.#

Jones came in carrying some papers.

#This might be useful, boss. I#ve checed 1arlow#s address. -e#s lived in this

house for three years. Before that he lived near "t &ancras "tation. -e#s had his carfor twelve years. -e might have a garage near his old house.#

The phone rang. 1uddyman answered it. #Boss; ?ou#re wanted upstairs. "hall

I tell them you#re here;#

#4o3 >o and bring 1oyra in.#1oyra was not happy at being taen to the station.

#What do you want this time;# she shouted.1arlow followed her out of the house. #Do you want me as well;#

Tennison got out of her car. #4ot this time, >eorge.# They left him standingthere, trying to understand what was happening.

Tennison checed that Aernan had left the station, then went to interview1oyra.

#I am Chief Detective 5fficer Tennison. Than you for agreeing to answer our

6uestions

#I didn#t agree. ?ou made me,# 1oyra interrupted.Tennison opened a file. #?ou came here on the si/teenth of January, is that

correct;#

#If you say so.#

#?ou said that you didn#t have a 0ob.##?es. What#s that got to do with anything;#

Tennison too out another sheet of paper. #In ()E we interviewed you. ?ou

said then that you were a beautician.#

#"o;# # #Were you also a hairdresser;#1oyra was getting annoyed. #4o.#

#But you are a beautician;#

#?eah3 I do people#s faces, hands, nails. ?ou could do with some help,# she

said nastily.

#I want to now where you were on these dates.# Tennison listed the dates of

the murders.

#I don#t now3#1oyra shouted.#They were dates when >eorge travelled to Warrington, 5ldham, Burnley,

illing#s nails;#

#I don#t now,# 1oyra replied. #I have a lot of customers, I can#t remember all

their names.#

#"urely you#d remember &auline. "he#s the woman >eorge was sent to prisonfor attacing.# Tennison pushed a photograph of &auline across the table.

1oyra refused to loo at the picture.#4o3 "he lied. >eorge didn#t do anything to her.#

#What about Delia 1ornay; Was she your customer;# Tennison pushedanother photograph across.

#4o3##%oo at her, 1oyra. Delia 1ornay.#

#I don#t now her.#

#4o; ?ou said that >eorge came home on the night of the thirteenth of

January at ten thirty . . .#1oyra began to fight bac. #%oo, I#ve had enough. ither you let me go home

or I want my lawyer here.#

#Where is >eorge#s car, 1oyra; We now he has a garage. Where is it; We#ll

find it, 1oyra. It#s 0ust a 6uestion of time.#Tennison stood up.

#5A,you can go now, but I#ll want to tal to you again.#

It was morning when 1oyra got home. >eorge made her a cup of coffee.

#What did she want to now;# he ased.#What do you thin;# 1oyra ased. "he went into the bedroom and too off

her blouse and sirt. 1arlow followed her.

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#They ased me about &auline >illing. They ept asing me about her. I#ve

supported you, >eorge, but if I find out you#ve been lying to me

#I#ve never lied to you, 1oyra. ?ou now that.# -e reached out to touch her

but she pushed his hand away.#Where#s the car, >eorge;#

#It was stolen. I don#t now where it is.#

#It wasn#t here, >eorge. ?ou came home that night without it. I remember

because your hair was wet and you said it was raining.# "he turned and looed athim. #Is it in the garage; They#re going to get you because of that car. If the police

find it they can mae sure that they GfindG evidence in it. They want to get you.#

#Boss3 "ome new photographs of Aaren have arrived.#Tennison turned away from the mirror where she had been brushing her hair.

#I#m on my way.#

#verybody is waiting for you in the meeting room. $nd . . . Aernan is there.#

Tennison looed worried. #5A.#When she went into the meeting room, Aernan was standing in the middle of

the officers. The moment she entered the room everybody stopped taling.

#?ou wanted to see me, sir;#

#Just for a few minutes.# Aernan pointed to the door and told $mson to carryon.

#This was on my des when I came in,# Aernan said, handing her a sheet ofpaper. #The officers on your team have supported you one hundred per cent. They all

signed this paper to say that they don#t want -icoc to tae over. Did you nowabout this;#

very single man on the team had signed. Tennison#s eyes filled with tears.#4o. . .4o, I didn#t.#

#?ou#re lucy.#

#%uc had nothing to do with it, sir. We#ve wored hard together on this case.#

-e smiled. #%et me have any new information straight away.#Tennison went bac into the room. The men were listening to 1aureen

-avers.

#These photographs were taen on the day Aaren died. ?ou can see that her

nails were short. But these photographs were taen a wee before. %oo at herfingernails.#

The nails were long and red.

$mson turned to Jones. #"pea to her friends at the apartment. :ind out where

she went to have her nails painted.#$ll the officers turned to e/amine the photographs. 4one of them looed at

Tennison. 'ery embarrassed, she waled to the centre of the room.

#I 0ust want to say how grateful I am for what you did, for supporting me . . .#

1uddyman ran in, interrupting her. #The suspect and his girlfriend are leaving their

house, boss.#

Jones came bac to Tennison. -e had spoen to Aaren#s friend on the

telephone. #Aaren had her nails done at a shop in Covent >arden.##>et down there,# $mson said. #Tae eorge 1arlow#s and 1oyra -enson#s movements.#The suspect is leaving the ta/i with -enson. They#re going into >reat &ortland

"treet "tation. 4ow they#ve separated. "he#s gone down to the trains and he#s coming

out of the north side of the station.#

-asins interrupted. #I can see him3 I#m following him. -e#s getting intoanother ta/i

#We#ll go straight to uston "tation,# Tennison said. #"ee if we can find himthere.#

>eorge 1arlow leaned in at the ta/i window to spea to the driver andpointed towards uston, but when he got into the ta/i it turned left towards Camden

Town.$ car moved in behind the ta/i and followed it. 1uddymari reported bac on

the radio.

#We#re following him. -e#s turned bac towards uston


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5ahill nearly lost 1oyra -enson in the station, but he managed to get on the

same train before the doors closed.

-e waled through the train until he was standing close to her. 1oyra was

staring out of the window of the train. "he did not now that 5ahill was followingher.

$mson looed at a map. #-e could be heading for uston "tation or Aing#s

Cross "tation#Just a minute,# Tennison said. $ message came through on the radio.

#1arlow#s 0umped on a bus. . .no, he#s 0umped off it again . . . he#s behindAing#s Cross "tation

#There are garages behind the station,# $mson said.The voice came over the radio again. #"uspect has gone into a cafe . . .#

#What#s he doing;# Tennison ased angrily.

D C Jones was checing out the beauty shops where 1oyra had wored. -espoe to the owner of one shop and showed her a picture of Aaren -oward.

#-ave you ever done this girl#s nails;#

The woman looed at the picture and shoo her head. #I don#t now. I do lots

of people . . .##%oo at her again. "he was found murdered on the fourteenth of January.#

#January; I wasn#t here in January. I was on holiday and my friend wasworing here.#

#What#s the name and address of your friend;# Jones ased.

The cafe was very small. >eorge 1arlow stood at the counter drining coffee.

When the only other customer in the cafe left, 1arlow spoe to the owner.

#Can I have the eys, "tav;#

"tavros pulled a bo/ out from beneath the counter. #I haven#t seen you for awhile, John,# he said. #-ave you been away;

#?eah,# 1arlow said. #-ow much do I owe you;#

1oyra -enson changed trains twice and finally came out at 5/ford "treet.With 5ahill following her, she waled from one shop to the ne/t, looing through

windows at the clothes and shoes.

$ message came through to Tennison from Jones.#I#ve found the shop where 1oyra was woring in January. Aaren used to

come here to get her nails painted. $nd when 1oyra wored here, 1arlow used to

meet her after she finished. If 1oyra did Aaren#s nails, 1arlow could have seen her

when he came to the shop, and found out her name . . .#

#Did you hear that;# Tennison ased $mson. #>eorge could have found out all

the girls# names if they were customers of 1oyra#s.#

#"o she new what he was doing;##%oos lie it.#

Tennison told 5ahill to arrest 1oyra and tae her bac to the police station.

$nother message came through. #I#ve got 1arlow3 -e#s 0ust passed me. -e#s

waling towards the garages on Battle Bridge eorge 1arlow reached the corner of the road where it ran beneath the

railway lines. -e paused, looing around carefully to see if anybody was followinghim.

#Don#t move,# Tennison instructed over the radio. #%et him get inside the

garage before you grab him.#

1arlow waled slowly, turning the ey around his finger. -e approached agarage which looed as if nobody had used it for years.

Tennison#s voice was 6uiet. #I want him to use the eys, everybody wait. . .wait

$fter another long loo around, 1arlow chose one ey and put it in the locof the garage door.

#-e#s going in3# 1uddyman whispered. #-e#s opening the door.#The door opened and 1arlow stepped inside. Tennison shouted, #>o3 >o3 >o3#

&olice cars screamed into the street.


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1oyra -enson came out of a clothes shop carrying a large bag. 5ahill and

Woman &olice 5fficer "outhill came up behind her.

#1oyra -enson, I would lie you to come with us to the police station

1oyra swung her bag to hit "outhill in the face then iced at her, screamingthat she wanted to be left alone. -er screams echoed down the street. "uddenly she

stopped and put her hands over her face.

#&lease leave me alone3 I 0ust want to be left alone. Don#t touch me. I#ll come

with you,0ust don#t touch me.#"he allowed herself to be led to the waiting police car.

The garage was very big. Water came through the roof forming pools on the

floor. The far end was dar. 4ear the centre of the garage was a large, coveredshape.

#Watch where you stand,# Tennison ordered. #$re there any lights;#

"omeone switched on the lights. Tennison approached the middle of the room.

"he raised the covers.#Well, we#ve got the car3 There#s no radio in it. I want this car checed over for

evidence.#

$mson was waling towards her. "he stepped bac, nocing in to him. $s

she turned to tell him to be careful, she looed past him to the far end of the garage.#5h, >od,# she whispered. #This is where he did it.# 5n the wall were heavy

chains and a collection of sharpened tools and nives.

#Who will you 6uestion first;# Aernan ased Tennison.#1oyra. "he was lying when she said 1arlow was with her on the night Aaren

was murdered.##arden where you

wored in January.#

Tennison put down two more photographs.

#1oyra, loo at these. If you don#t want to loo at Delia, then loo at Aaren.>eorge called out to her, offered to tae her home in his car. -e too her bac to the

garage and he murdered her. But first he cut her and beat her and tied her body tochains on the wall.ook at her, Moyra#'

"lowly 1oyra piced up the photographs. "he stared at each one, thencovered the one of Aaren#s body with her hands.

#Would you get the men to leave, 0ust the women stay .. . I won#t tal in front

of them.#

$mson led "hrapnel out of the room. 1oyra began to spea.#I didn#t now Delia, I didn#t even remember her from ()E(. But I did her nails

. . . she came in sometimes if one was broen and I fi/ed it for her.#

Tennison nodded. 1oyra did not really want to tal about Delia, that was not

why she wanted the men to leave the room. There was something else. 1oyra satforward and spoe very 6uietly.

#-e . . . did it to me once,# she whispered. #-e made this thing . . . with ropeand chains to tie me up. It hurt me. -e said it made se/ better. I didn#t lie it. I

wouldn#t do it again.#"he hung her head. #I didn#t now ... I didn#t now. >od forgive me, I didn#t

now . . .#1oyra put her face in her hands and began to cry.

$mson and 1uddyman were leaning against the wall outside the room when

Tennison opened the door.

#>eorge 1arlow was home by tenthirty that night but he went out again at a6uarter to eleven. "he doesn#t now what time he returned.#

Tennison stood very straight, head up, eyes bright. #We#ve got him,# she said

6uietly.

In the garage at Aing#s Cross, officers e/amined the car and too photographs.

Jones and Burin were looing inside a cupboard.

#%oo at this3# Burin said. -e held up some rubber gloves. They found

clothes ! shirts, trousers and coats, all clean and wrapped in plastic bags.The two men e/amined the floor.

#There#s blood here . . . and this loos lie sin . . . >od, the smell3#

Burin found a handbag. Inside there was a purse.28


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#It#s Aaren -oward#s.#

Jones did not understand how it happened. 5ne moment he was doing his 0ob,

looing at the evidence, and the ne/t he was crying lie a child. -e stood there

unable to stop the tears streaming down his face.Burin put an arm around his shoulders. #>o and get some coffee, 5A;#

#I#m sorry, I#m sorry, I don#t now what made me get lie this . . .#

#It#s 5A. We all go through it, Dave,# Burin said.

Tennison switched on the tape machine and began taling.

#This is Chief Detective 5fficer Jane Tennison. $lso present are DetectiveTerence $mson and 1r $rnold pcher. We are in room C at "outhampton eorge $rthur 1arlow, twenty

one -igh >rove state, 1aida 'ale. Born in Warrington, ((th "eptember ()(.##Do you understand why you are under arrest;#

#I guess so.#

#We have arrested you as a suspect for the murders of Aaren -oward and

Delia 1ornay. Do you understand;# Tennison ased.#I#m not guilty.# 1arlow turned and looed at pcher.

#&lease tell me what happened when you met Aaren -oward on Januarythirteenth.#

#I didn#t now her name, I was told her name later,# 1arlow began. #"heapproached me. I ased her how much she wanted. We had se/ and I paid her. I

didn#t now her, I#d never met or seen her before. Then I too her bac to the station.. .#

#What about the cut on her hand; ?ou said she cut it on the car radio.#

#?es, that#s right.#

#We now now there is no radio in your car.#1arlow did not react to her words. #I was home at tenthirty

#What time did you ne/t leave the house;#

#I didn#t. I watched television with my wife.#

#?our wife told us that you left the house again at fifteen minutes to eleven."he can#t remember when you came bac, but you returned without your car. "he

says that your car wasn#t stolen from outside the house.#

#"he#s wrong3 1y car was stolen, I never went out again.#

#?ou say that you didn#t now Aaren -oward;##?eah, I#d never met her before that night. . .#

#1oyra admits that she new Aaren she did her nails at a shop in Covent

>arden. ?ou were there at the time and spoe to Aaren. Is that true;#

#4o.# 1arlow shoo his head.

#?ou also said you didn#t now Delia 1ornay. 1oyra says that you did.#

1arlow sat bac in his chair and folded his arms. #I don#t believe you. ?ou

must have made 1oyra say that. "he#s scared of you ! I#m not3#The team were waiting in the meeting room. Jones ased, #-ow#s the boss;

"he must be e/hausted.#

Burin shoo his head. #It#s taing a long time.#

1arlow looed tired. #-ow many more times do I have to tell you;##What happened this morning;# Tennison ased.

#"omebody called me, didn#t give his name. -e said he#d seen my car on thetelevision and he new where it was. $t Aing#s Cross.#

#-e told you your car was in a garage at Aing#s Cross; ?ou were seenunlocing the doors.#

-e answered angrily. #The man on the phone said I could get the eys from

the cafe. I got the eys but I didn#t find my car because 0ust as I opened the door, the

police 0umped on me3 I don#t now why I have to eep telling you this.#Tennison showed no sign of impatience as she said, #The man in the cafe said

he rented the garage to a man called John "mith. -e also cleaned your clothes for

you, didn#t he;#

1arlow shoo his head. Tennison continued, #Come on, >eorge, how did youget Aaren into Delia#s apartment; Where are the eys; ?ou new the place was

empty, didn#t you; ?ou new because Delia was already dead.##I#m not saying any more,# 1arlow said. -e turned to pcher. #Tell her that#s

enough3 I want to go home.##That isn#t possible, >eorge,# pcher said 6uietly.

#I want to see 1oyra3 I want to go home3# 1arlow was getting very angry.#We can have a fifteen minute brea,# Tennison said. #?ou can#t see 1oyra.#

"uddenly 1arlow stood up. #This is a mess, isn#t it; $ll right, I did it.#

pcher 0umped to his feet. Tennison sat and stared at 1arlow, then she said,

#Could you repeat that;#1arlow closed his eyes. "he could see every line of his handsome face. -e

wet his top p with his tongue, then he opened his eyes. Tennison recorded every

movement in her mind.

-e put his head to one side. 4obody in the room moved, they all looed at1arlow, at his strange, frightening smile.

#I said I did it.#

There was nothing else to say. 1arlow seemed completely comfortable.

ventually Tennison spoe, #&lease sit down, >eorge.#"he watched him carefully as she ased, #What did you do;#

-e counted his fingers as he spoe the names. #Aaren, Delia, $ngela, "haron,

llen and . . .# -e screwed up his eyes, trying to remember, #and Jeannie. That#s right,2(


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Jeannie

>eorge $rthur 1arlow had 0ust admitted illing si/ women.

Chapter 1, Cele-rations

$fter 1arlow was taen away, Tennison lit a cigarette. Catching 1arlow had

e/hausted her, taen away from her the man she loved, stopped her sleeping and

nearly lost her her 0ob. "he sat 6uietly and smoed her cigarette until it was finished.Jones ran into the bar of the local pub where the other officers were waiting.

#-e#s admitted it3 $ll si/ of them, he#s admitted illing them all3#The team rose to their feet and began cheering. $n officer from another police

station ased -avers, #What#s going on;##5ur boss 0ust got a suspect to admit to si/ murders3 Biggest case this station#s

ever had

Tennison faced Aernan across his des.

#Well done,# he said. #The trial will tae a long time, but you go home now andget some sleep. ?ou deserve it.#

#?eah, I need it. It was a long night.#

The phone rang and Aernan answered it. #?es . . . 0ust a minute.#

#?ou were right,# he said to Tennison. #The beautician lin . . . it was awoman#s case after all3#

#:ifty per cent of murder victims are women, so I should have plenty of worto do3# Tennison replied.

#Woman#s case3# she said to herself, still angry at Aernan#s remar. "he saw1aureen -avers.

#1aureen, are any of the officers here;##5h, I thin they#ve gone home,# -avers replied. #They were all tired ! it#s

been a long day. Jenins wants the meeting room cleaned out. -e ased if you could

go down there before you leave.#

The meeting room was full of people. very member of the team was there."omeone called, #-ere she is3# and they all watched as the handle of the door turned.

Tennison waled in to cheers and whistles. $ huge bunch of flowers was put

in her arms and Burin started shouting, #Three cheers for the boss3#

#I thought you#d all gone home,# Tennison laughed. "he bit her lip, but thetears still came. Then she started laughing through her tears.

#We did it3 We got him3#

1any months later, >eorge 1arlow stood in court as the charges against himwere read out.

#>eorge $rthur 1arlow, you are accused of murdering Aaren -oward on the

thirteenth of January ())8...#

Aaren#s mother and father could not loo at him. -e had taen their daughter

and murdered her9 waiting for him to be caught had been the worst part of their lives.

1arlow had not only destroyed their daughter, he had destroyed them.

#. . . that on the third of December ()=) you murdered Delia 1ornay . . .# Twoprostitutes, friends of Delia#s, sat forward to loo at the murderer.

#. . . on the fifteenth of 1arch ()=*, you murdered Jeannie "harpe, that in

January ()= you murdered llen -arding

Carol and %inda had travelled down from 5ldham. %inda could only see thetop of 1arlow#s head. Jeannie had wanted so much from life but she got nothing,

nobody to help her or love her.Carol twisted her handerchief in her hands. "he could still remember 1arlow

calling Jeannie#s name.$ young man sitting near Carol sat forward and stared at 1arlow.

#. . . that in July ()=+ you murdered $ngela "impson . . .#

The young man began to cry when he heard $ngela#s name. The years

between $ngela#s death and the arrest of 1arlow had been very hard. :or five yearshe had wondered if perhaps he could have saved her. :or five years he had lived

without the girl he loved and wanted to marry.

#. . . and in 5ctober ()=E you murdered "haron

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