“She had started by taking Stirling up onto the moor for his walk. It was bitterly cold and the sky was a sinister leaden grey, with no sign of the sun, the moon or even the bright planet that normally hung just above the dawn horizon. Cloud cover was total and impenetrable. Even so, by now Holly was getting quite familiar with the tracks and paths up there on the open moorland and she managed to find her way around quite well, in spite of the darkness. The clouds were so thick, it was only just... beginning to get light as they returned to the house at eight forty-five. Holly noticed that Jack’s Land Rover had gone by then and she spared a thought for him plunging into the sea on a day when the temperature was certainly only a degree or two above zero. Inside, she made herself some breakfast and gave the dog a slice of bread to keep him going until lunchtime. She turned on the television and listened attentively to the weather forecast. The remnants of the massive snowstorm that had struck the eastern seaboard of the United States a few days previously were expected to make landfall in the UK some time that evening.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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