PC Lucy White had been well liked by colleagues and friends; she had no enemies. Furthermore, she was described by everyone they interviewed as an optimistic woman who loved her job. She had no reason to be depressed, let alone suicidal. No bills that indicated she had ever seen a therapist; a healthy bank account, no unusual activity. The saddest thing that had happened to her was that her cat had died recently.
All this supported the theory that the victim had been chosen purely as a messenger. The killer targeted them. Whoever it was had something to say to the Whitechapel police. Simon wondered what it was and why they couldn’t just use the bloody phone.
But things got a bit more complicated while they waited for the autopsy report, because two days later another body was found, and
