Before I Wake
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“Turn around.”
“What? No.”
Isabel hung up the phone as DI Holmes grabbed Zander and spun him around. “Zander Ellery, you are under arrest for the murders of Iona Kevane, Sally Rollin, Ashlyn Orkney, Brit Yardly, Esther Leaney, Lexi Eke, Yasmin Bowery, Orla Arkwright, and Rosa Shipman. Also, for orchestrating the deaths of Mrs. Kowalski and Mr. T.”
“I didn’t do it.” Zander did his best to break free. “Is, you have to believe me.”
“You do not have to say anything,” DI Holmes continued.
Isabel picked up her bag and headed towards the door. Tears burned her eyes.
“But anything you do say may be given in evidence.”
Austin stood in the doorway. “Rosa never made her flight. She never even checked in.” He paused. “What’s going on?”
Isabel glanced at him. “The Guv just arrested Zander. He’s the Slayer.” Leaving the scene behind her, and a gobsmacked Austin in the doorway, she hurried to the stairs. She didn’t want to believe it, but all the evidence said it was true.
Zander was the Slayer.
To be concluded in Say a PrayerBook 4
Soul to Keep
Say a Prayer Series Glossary
ARU — armed response unit
Cornflour — cornstarch
CPS — Crown Prosecution Service (DA)
Dob — tell tales, report
Drapers — shop specialising in fabric and cloth
Extract the Michael/take the Mickey — make fun
of, tease
Faffed — messed about.
Full English breakfast — bacon, sausage, fried
egg, fried bread, black pudding, baked beans,
tomato, hash browns, and mushrooms.
Gobsmacked — lost for words
Grass — dob in, snitch
HDU — high dependency unit. One step down
from ICU
Hoicked — yanked, pulled
Hole in the wall/cash point — ATM
Hush your larrup — Traditionally means to stop
beating something. It’s also slang for don’t be
cheeky, be quiet, give it a rest.
Ickle — small, tiny, little, a tad
Lao Órga — (Gaelic) Golden Calf
My shout — my turn to pay for something i.e.
round of drinks
Naff off — Two meanings depending on the
context. If you are naffed off you are extremely fed
up, annoyed, hacked off. If you tell someone to
naff off, it means go away.
Nick — slang for police station. Can also mean to
steal. It’s also a name.
Noughts and crosses — tic tac toe
Pants — if something is referred to as being pants
it’s rubbish, really bad, horrid.
PIN — Police Information Notice — Precinct —
pedestrianized shopping centre.
PSD — professional standards department
(internal affairs or IAB)
Snit — bad mood
SOCO — Scenes of Crime Officers (CSI).
Pronounced Sock-oh
Tá admháil maith don anam — confession is good
for the soul
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
What People are Saying
If I should die before I wake
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