Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott

Author:Rachel Abbott [Abbott, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: UK
Published: 2014-02-16T13:00:00+00:00

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As he got into his car and put the key in the ignition, Tom had to admit he was feeling weary. It had been a day of revelations, but still nobody had any idea how they all slotted together. Somebody had died in that house – but who?

Since Gil had exposed the sham of the video footage, a review of the CCTV had confirmed that Robert’s car had left the garage of the Newcastle hotel at 11.39 pm on Wednesday evening, and arrived back there at 8.32 am the next morning. Something else he had lied about. And his credit card statement confirmed that he had made some purchases from John Lewis in Newcastle on Thursday at lunchtime, although they wouldn’t be able to find out exactly what he had bought until the following day.

Finally, Jumbo had called through to say that, as expected, they had found a minute trace of blood that hadn’t been cleaned by the bleach. It was tiny, but enough to extract DNA from. He had taken Olivia’s hairbrush from the bedroom, and had asked for a super-speed rush job. He knew how important this was.

Tom was driving on autopilot, but fortunately the roads were quiet. His mind was spinning. They had so much to go on, but still hadn’t a clue what had happened, and now the whole family was missing, including Robert.

It was the video that was puzzling Tom, though. There was something contrived about Olivia’s clothing. Were they somehow both involved? But in what?

The FaceTime trail had temporarily gone cold, but they would get the court order tomorrow to demand the correct IP address for Olivia Brookes, or at least the IP address of whoever was using Olivia’s email address.

Tom had promised to go round to see Leo to find out what she’d discovered about his break-in, if he could get away at a reasonable time. It was good of her to sort this for him. He knew from experience how devastating it could be to walk into a home that had been turned upside down, and he was just glad he hadn’t had to see his place that way. It was another thing he should be dealing with but was ignoring. He needed to make sure it was secure, though, because Lucy was coming to stay for a fortnight at the start of her summer holiday, and if her mother got wind of any of this she might just decide it wasn’t safe for their daughter to spend the night there. He could do without dealing with Kate if she decided to be difficult.

For once, he didn’t feel remotely like cooking, and anyway it was getting late. Maybe they could just go to a local restaurant. He would see what Leo thought – let her make the decision, because just now he felt it would be beyond him.

Three missing kids, and nothing that he seemed able to do about it. He had spoken to Becky about getting an artist to go to the school, or somebody to produce an e-fit.

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