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Shortly after they’d arrived in the village of Preston, just a few miles south of Oakham on the road to Uppingham, Caroline saw the lay-by. It was right outside a row of houses, and presumably intended for the owners’ parking, but she immediately recognised Amie Tanner’s car. She pulled in behind it and switched off her engine.
‘No-one in it,’ Dexter said.
‘Good. Last thing I want today is to find another body.’
‘Maybe she’s visiting a friend. Does she have any connections with anyone here?’
‘I don’t know,’ Caroline replied, stepping out of her car and walking over to look at Amie’s, being careful not to touch it. ‘Call uniform down here, Dex. We’re going to need to do a door-to-door. See if any of the neighbours here saw anything. Someone must’ve done.’
As Dexter called in Caroli
