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Above Suspicion

by Lynda La Plante

Mystery & Thrillers » Thrillers » Suspense

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Thriller murders have been amazing little town for eight years. It is six corpses and it will be more…The method of killing is identical, the backgrounds of the girls very similar - all of them prostitutes. As the book opens, a seventh body is found, same modus operandi but the victim this time is a young student, sweet, innocent, with 'the face of an angel'…

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...was laughing: a hideous horror clown with red lipstick smudged over her face. It was a repellent, tragic pattern, thought Anna, and even though Kathleen had already been brutalized by life, her death was still a wretched and undeserved end. It was after twelve when the meeting broke up and Langton and his team returned. Anna noticed he was smiling. While everyone in the incident room grouped around him to hear what had happened, she remained at her desk. 'Right. We have the case of Melissa Stephens. The commander will instigate bringing in fifteen detectives. We're still short of legs, but we can't argue with that. We will also get another office manager, two more admin staff and Holmes Two. The Home Office will back us up and place us now on a major-enquiry system. This will give us greater input to the enquiry.' Langton hushed the ensuing applause. 'I want someone over to Clapham to get all the details they have on the Melissa case. While we wait for anything to come in from the...