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As Caroline drove, Dexter had put the call out for extra officers to attend the scene. Although it was just over the border in Northamptonshire, county boundaries were largely irrelevant, especially when the crime had been committed within their jurisdiction of Rutland.
With Fineshade Wood covering well over one thousand acres, it would be almost impossible to find Tom and Amie without a huge number of reinforcements. With Tom’s mindset and intentions still unknown, they couldn’t risk spooking him and potentially endangering Amie.
A little over ten minutes later, they arrived at the entrance road to Fineshade Wood, a narrow, single-track road with passing places scattered along the length of it — not that Caroline had any intention of letting anyone pass. The sun would soon be starti
