The following morning, the newspapers all led with the story of how a young woman by the name of Wendy Hamilton had been found with a stab wound at Newcastle Central Station. However, the news of her death had come too late for the national papers. Only the local daily newspaper carried the update.
Agnes bought a selection of newspapers from the small shop in the hotel reception to read while having breakfast. She was relieved to find that none of them contained a photograph of her. When she had called Alan after finding the victim at the Central Station, he had told her to stand well back until he arrived. She had understood his concern; on two occasions in the last eight months, she had been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nevertheless, she hadn"t been too far away. She had staye
