ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO
Grace slowly turned the door handle and pulled the door open, standing back in case Helen or possibly Gillian Reason were involved in the killings and ran out to attack them. The phrase ‘the family that slays together stays together’ echoed around her head as she did so.
But the room was eerily quiet as they slowly entered. The colour drained from Emma’s face and Grace found her heart pumping even more wildly if such were possible as they looked around.
The room, glaringly lit by ranks of hanging fluorescent lamps was more than twice the size of the other basement rooms, running the full width of the house above.
To the right-hand side stood a large American style Polar upright double door freezer, in front of which was a crimson leather Chesterfield style armchai
