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By the time the team had assembled back at the major incident room at Mildenheath CID later that evening, everyone was flagging. Jack Culverhouse was flagging more than most, having stepped straight off his flight from Copenhagen and gone with Frank Vine to visit one of the former residents of Hilltop Farm. Now, having barely had time to pause at the coffee machine on the way past, he was starting — and hopefully before long ending — the evening briefing. With any luck, he’d be able to get home for a bit shortly and hope that Emily hadn’t already upped and left.
‘First things first, Frank and I went to visit a man by the name of Richard Smale. He says his wife and children were convinced to join the church at Hilltop Farm — or rather his wife was, and she took the kids with her. They
