An entry in the notebook suggests this book is the first of a trilogy, though no other manuscripts have been found. The most recently published chapter appears first. Remaining chapters are listed in order beneath it.

Chapter 2 – Juno Jones Investigates 

Marion Horton slumped at her desk and surveyed the empty general office at Beech Brothers Printing and Packaging. She was in a bad mood already, and not only because it was Monday morning. After a wasted evening on Friday her mum had played her up all weekend, saying she felt too anxious even to leave the house to go shopping with her. So Marion had to do it herself, battling her way through the supermarket and lugging the bags of shopping home. And then she’d forgotten the Jaffa cakes and had to go all the way back for them.

“If you eat any more of those, Ma,” she’d said, “you’ll turn into a bloody Jaffa cake.”

The weekend hadn’t improved on Sunday when Derek, her ex-fiancé, had called…

Chapter 1 – Blood and Bodies

Juno Jones was a determined young woman. She was also resourceful, imaginative, and usually able to get what she wanted, especially from susceptible men. Which is why she sat with PC 165307, otherwise known as Stephen Gresty, in the lounge bar of The Raging Cow one sultry night in July. She knew he thought of it as a date, especially as it was a Saturday, and she was willing to play along. But for Juno, it was strictly business.

Not wanting to disillusion him, she let him chat for half an hour about his mum’s recent hip operation, the forthcoming football season and his plans to join the CID before she asked the crucial question…