SEVENTY-SEVEN
‘As mentioned, the body of Alice Salthouse was discovered in Redemption Park.’
Grace was determined to continue to refer to the victim by her name, to re-personalise her, to counter the hideous attempts made by the killer to de-humanise her, his perverted scheme to deny her identity as a person, to reduce her to a mere depersonalised ‘object.’
She would never refer to Alice as just ‘the victim’ or ’the body’.
Grace took a sip of water, wishing that she had taken some painkillers before starting. Her headache was ramping up as she spoke, and Terry could see the pain clearly etched into her eyes. He was so worried about her, but ever since their recent argument, he had been reluctant to raise it again. But it did not stop him worrying.
‘In the course of our investigations,
