CHAPTER 22
I’d taken to buying the local newspaper because for some reason I couldn’t get Melissa’s demise out of my head and I wanted to know if the police investigations had moved on. For a couple of weeks there was nothing and then, relegated to page six, was a short column. Poor Melissa, so soon to become yesterday’s news.
The article stated that the police, having spoken with Melissa’s work colleagues and friends, had learnt that she had long been a volunteer at the Manor Lane Amateur Theatre. They’d therefore been questioning theatre members and were now trying to locate a Jo (Joanne) Simons, a recent volunteer who’d been assisting Melissa in the make-up department. If anyone knew Joanne’s whereabouts please get in touch.
As I read I felt an unpleasant tingling at the back of my n
