Chapter Forty-OneDespite the tense situation, Agnes and Sandra enjoyed the rest of the evening. Alan, having already organised a female plain-clothed officer to spend the night with Sandra, had met the officer at the back entrance and escorted her to Sandra's room. Now that everything was in place, there was nothing else for it but to settle down for the night.
It was almost three o'clock in the morning when Alan thought he heard someone outside the door. He hadn't slept much; simply dozing off now and again, as he lounged in an upright position on the bed. There had been several creaks, but he was aware that happened all the time and he didn't usually take any notice of such noises. But tonight was different. Tonight, a killer was on the loose and could be trying to get into the room. He
