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Stone sipped at his coffee for a few moments while he waited for the briefing room to quiet down. Once it did he got started; it had been almost a day since Alice Keating was snatched, and he knew the more time that passed, the smaller their chances of finding her or her kidnappers became – the ransom drop would provide an opportunity for them to try and catch the kidnappers, or to get evidence that would lead to their capture, but he didn’t want to wait until then, or to have to rely on a possibility rising from a situation that hadn’t yet occurred.
“For those of you who haven’t heard about it yet, a second ransom note was received this morning, this one was posted to the Keating residence and delivered by Royal Mail. The note is currently in the hands of the forensics boys, and we h
