The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope 5) - Plot & Excerpts
She called him back. ‘Where are you?’ he asked immediately. As if she were a teenage girl out on the town without permission. Vera thought his daughter would have a tough time when she was old enough to think for herself. ‘I came to visit Rickard,’ she said. ‘I’ll tell you about it later.’ Maybe. She wasn’t sure she wanted Rickard’s sexuality the subject of canteen comment. She imagined Charlie sniggering and couldn’t stand the idea. ‘The break-in at Nina Backworth’s wasn’t a coincidence.’ Vera listened as he explained about the fruit in the glass bowl, the fact that nothing had been stolen. ‘The CSIs haven’t found anything?’ ‘All clean,’ he said. ‘No fingerprints on the bowl or the table.’ ‘And nothing stolen?’ She couldn’t see how this could be relevant, how it could relate to the Writers’ House killings. ‘Nina claims not.’ So it’s Nina now, is it? Is this our Joe with ideas above his station? The tide had come in since she’d arrived in Craster and, with the wind behind it, the waves were breaking against the harbour wall.
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