“What about Eddie Sedgwick? What was he doing in Alice’s house yesterday?”

“Eddie’s the only person who suspected something all along. He’s not as doddery as he comes across. He said he’d been watching Alice for quite some time and realised that something strange was going on. He saw your car there and decided to go and check to see if everything was all right. You were lucky. He may have saved your life.”

Taylor swung her legs out of bed and stood up.

“What are you doing?” Killian said. “They’ll want to keep you in for observation and you need to rest.”

“I’ve been resting in here for twenty-four hours,” Taylor said. “There’s a holiday I need to take.”

THE END

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Glossary of English Slang for US readers

A & E: Accident and emergency department in a hospital

AFO: Authorised Firearms Officer

Aggro: Violent behaviour, aggression

Air raid: an attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft on ground targets

Anorak: nerd (it also means a waterproof jacket)

Artex: textured plaster finish for walls and ceilings

A Level: exams taken between 16 and 18

Auld Reekie: Edinburgh

Au pair: live-in childcare helper. Often a young woman.

Barm: bread roll

Barney: argument

Beaker: glass or cup for holding liquids

Beemer: BMW car or motorcycle

Benefits: social security

Bent: corrupt

Bin: wastebasket (noun), or throw in rubbish (verb)

Biscuit: cookie

Blackpool Lights: gaudy illuminations in seaside town

Bloke: guy

Blow: cocaine

Blower: telephone

Blues and twos: emergency vehicles

Bob: money

Bobby: policeman

Boggart: an evil spirit

Broadsheet: quality newspaper (New York Times would be a US example)

Brown bread: rhyming slang for dead

Bun: small cake

Bunk: do a bunk means escape

Burger bar: hamburger fast-food restaurant

Buy-to-let: Buying a house/apartment to rent it out for profit

Charity Shop: thrift store

Carrier bag: plastic bag from supermarket

Care Home: an institution where old people are cared for

Car park: parking lot

CBeebies: kids TV

Chat-up: flirt, trying to pick up someone with witty banter or compliments

Chemist: pharmacy

Chinwag: conversation

Chippie: fast-food place selling chips and other fried food

Chips: French fries but thicker

CID: Criminal Investigation Department