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A step ahead of his partner, Stone entered DCI Collins’ office, where he was glad to be waved straight to a chair. He sank gratefully onto the first one he came to while Burke took the other – they were both exhausted after a very long night, which they had only survived thanks to a constant supply of coffee made by Burke to his exacting standards; exhausted, but happy now that the investigation into Alice Keating’s kidnapping was over, at least as far as they were concerned. All that was left was for the forensic investigators to come up with the necessary corroborating evidence to ensure convictions.
“Coffee?” Collins asked of his detectives, a question that told them he was very happy with them and the work they had done. He only offered drinks to his subordinates when they had ple
