The hubbub of conversation continued behind him, but Nathan paid it no mind for the time being. He was too busy covering the briefing room’s whiteboards with all that was known about the assault on Louisa Orchard and the fatal assault on Jake Trent; it was a lot of information, so it took him a while, but at the same time it was not much.
“Okay, everyone, come on, settle down,” Nathan said once he was finished with the boards. “We’ve got a lot to get through, so let’s have a bit of quiet.” He raised his voice to be heard over the chatter that filled the room.
It took several long moments, during which he thought he was going to have to call for order again, but the assembled detectives and uniformed officers finally quietened.
“Right, now that you’re all paying attention, perhaps we can
