The Book of Blood Volume 5 The Forbidden Part 6
The woman's in custody,' he said, poring over the Daily Telegraph. It was a paper he was politically averse to, but its coverage of violent crime was notoriously detailed. The observation demanded Helen's attention, unwilling or not. 'Custody?' she said. 'Anne-Marie?' 'Yes.' 'Let me see.' He relinquished the paper, and she glanced over the page. 'Third column,' Trevor prompted. She found the place, and there it was in black and white. Anne-Marie had been taken into custody for questioning to justify the time-lapse between the estimated hour of the child's death, and the time that it had been reported. Helen read the relevant sentences over again, to be certain that she'd understood properly. Yes, she had. The police pathologist estimated Kerry to have died between six and six-thirty that morning; the murder had not been reported until twelve. She read the report over a third and fourth time, but repetition did not change the horrid …
