The door to the hotel room creaked open. The door to the hotel room creaked open.In the scant seconds it took her to process her quarry’s rapid shift in demeanour, Victoria could see the woman’s startled expression reflected in her eyes; a shifting countenance layered with acute shock and a sudden loss for words. In the scant seconds it took her to process her quarry’s rapid shift in demeanour, Victoria could see the woman’s startled expression reflected in her eyes; a shifting countenance layered with acute shock and a sudden loss for words.It had taken all her inner strength to knock on the door. Room 45, on the second floor of The Locks, was as inconspicuous as it was possible to be; a plain, beige door with indented panels opened onto a corridor filled with indistinguishable neighbou

