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That could be her brother, Lynley said. Notes? Havers blew out a lungful of smoke impatiently, We've done this,Inspector. Somewhere Granddad is bellowing, Dick!Where's my whisky? Dick! And Gran is calling out fearfully fromb I swear it.

There was no way Nkata could tail her in a car and not stick out likean ostrich in Alaska or become the victim of a commuter's road rage, He'd throw Granny under a bus if he thoughthe stood to gain by it, and Tongue Man knew the last thing he couldhope for was consideration, respect, or sympathy from the bloke. Lynley said thoughtfully, Davies wants to kill her, and he sees a way. And she deserves to be frightened,to be thrashed, to be made to understand what she's done to me, so Igrab her