That was how the story went, at least.

Chapters 7-12

Jen Rafferty was panicking.

Shed hated this place from the moment theyd driven down the steep road into…

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Chapters 13-18

Matthew and Jen followed the officer up the hill.

Ross had wanted to come too.

Chapters 25-30

Jen woke to a mild and blustery day, and the sound of rain on her window.

watercolor illustration of three people wearing white helmets and life jackets in an orange rigid inflatable boat in rough waters with headlights on in the dark, heading towards an unmanned rowboat

Shed done a brief recce of…

Chapters 31-36

Jen spent the afternoon in a police station in Birkenhead, bringing colleagues up to speed.

Chapters 37-42

Matthew and Ross were walking away from Mary Fords house.

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What do you think?

Seems a bit odd.

Chapters 43-48

Mary Ford hadnt expected to see her father that day.

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She thought he had his own life to lead and she didnt…

Chapters 49-52

Jen walked with Rainston and Gregory up the cliff path.

Venn stayed below with Ford and the paramedics.

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watercolor illustration shows a man wearing green boots and a blue jacket pointing at something in front of him, while looking back towards a man in a green jacket behind him on the beach beside a headland

watercolor illustration of a woman standing on a beach under a gray sky with her back to the water talking on her cell phone, and a pencil sketch of another person looms in the foreground

watercolor illustration of a surface upon which sit a pile of three books, a cup with pens, a tablet, a pair of reading glasses, a partly filled bottle of white wine, a glass tumbler, and a plate with a few grapes and remnants of cheese and crackers

watercolor illustration of a man on a beach gesturing toward another man nearby who is running from large boulders falling from the cliff above

watercolor illustration of two men sitting on the floor, one with his arm around the other, leaning against a sofa, watching a roaring fire in a fireplace