Chapter NineThe next two days passed quite smoothly for Agnes. It was too hot to venture far from the air-conditioned hotel. Even the gentle breeze, which wafted along the quay as the river flowed past, offered no relief. It seemed more like a fan heater than a cooler. Therefore she was thankful she had found a rather interesting book in which she could get involved.
It was a pity the same couldn't be said for Alan and his team, who were stuck in the police station. The station, having been built quite a number of years ago, didn't have the luxury of air-conditioning. Instead, the DCI, his officers and other members of his team had to make do with the more old-fashioned electric fans, which, to their mind, simply moved the hot air from one part of the room to another. To make matters wors
