Except for Hannah, I hadn’t seen any other signs of life. The overhead lights cast a dim glow on the red and white chessboard floor. Long-dead movie stars stared down at us from the walls.Taylor and Hannah had started arguing and bickering back at Dan Choat’s place. They’d kept this up all the way to Morrow Street and were still going at it now. They’d tried to drag me in a couple of times, but gave up when they realised I was ignoring them. There was something almost comical about the way they stood there toe-to-toe. Taylor towered over Hannah by at least a foot, but she was standing her ground, hands on hips and not giving an inch.‘The unsub’s rattled.’That halted them in their tracks. They stopped looking at each other and turned to face me.‘The big question is why,’ I went on. ‘Why did the unsub feel it was necessary to present us with a viable suspect? And why did he chicken out with his grand reveal? He had everything and everyone in place, and then, at the last second, nothing.
