Chapter 1
Stella read the incident report on the shooting written by the officers who had responded to the call. She thought it looked like this was going to be an open and shut case. They had listed the name of the perpetrator under the details of the victim. She suspected it would only be a matter of time before he was in custody.
Brian parked behind the patrol car outside the victim's house in Brunswick Street, Kilburn, a suburb still waiting for the arrival of the urban renewal movement transforming the city's public housing estates.
'Not my favourite suburb, Sarge,' said Brian, pressing the lock icon on the remote.
Stella looked up the street towards Prospect Road. 'There are worse places to live.'
They walked up to the tiny porch. Stella flashed her ID to the constable taking up
