The Lady Vanished (21 page)
Authors: Gretta Mulrooney
She walked away, slipping into the parade of walkers, vanishing quickly. Swift moved to the wall and leaned on it, looking down at the river’s depths. The water was dark and cloudy now, rippled by the reflection of the path lights. He called Ruth’s number and waited for her voice, remembering that once it had been the only one he longed to hear.
THE END
A & E:
accident and emergency department of hospital
Aye:
yes (Scottish)
Blighty
: means England
Bookie’s:
Bookmaker
Boxing Day:
26 December
Braw min:
brave man (Scottish dialect)
Carer:
person who looks after old or ill people
Chaps:
men
Chip:
fat French fry
Chipper:
feeling positive
Civil servant:
someone who works for the Civil Service
Civil Service:
government departments which put central government plans into action
Council flat:
public or project housing
Cross:
upset or angry
Da:
Dad (Scottish)
Deputy head:
deputy principal
Fella:
man
Flat:
apartment
Geordie:
someone from Newcastle
GP:
local doctor
Hack
: newspaper journalist
Interpol:
International Criminal Police Organisation, facilitating international police cooperation. HQ in Lyon, France.
Lord Justice:
high-ranking judge
Magistrate:
a civil officer who administers the law
Mobile phone:
cell phone
Mobile:
cell phone
MP:
member of British parliament
Mumsnet:
website where parents discuss stuff
Overall:
a one-piece garment worn to protect clothes
Oxbridge
: refers to Oxford and Cambridge universities
Permanent Secretary:
Deputy Secretary
Plaster:
Band-Aid
Post:
mail
Puds:
puddings/desserts
RC:
Roman Catholic
Red Brick University
: university founded in 19th and 20th centuries
Register office:
a government building where you get married or register births
Ring:
to phone
Roedean
: fancy girls’ boarding school
Rubbish:
trash
Solicitor:
lawyer
Sun cream:
sun lotion
Takeaway:
takeout food
The Boat Race:
famous rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge universities
The tube or underground:
subway
Tod:
on one’s own
To-do:
a commotion
Torch:
flashlight
Tweedledum and Tweedledee:
characters in an English nursery rhyme
UHT:
ultra heat treated milk for long life
UKIP:
political party wanting UK to leave European Union
Wee:
little (Scottish)
Tyrone Swift
Private detective, 38 years old, lives in London. Used to work for the Metropolitan police and Interpol.
Mary Adair
Swift’s cousin. Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan police.
Joyce Swift
Swift’s well-meaning but annoying stepmother.
Carmen Langborne
The widow of Lord Justice Neville Langborne. She is in her sixties and has gone missing.
Florence Davenport
Daughter of Neville Langborne. She is Carmen Langborne’s stepdaughter and engages Swift to find her missing stepmother.
Paul Davenport
Florence Davenport’s husband and may have a motive for harming Carmen Langborne.
Rupert Langborne
Son of Neville Langborne. A Permanent Secretary in the Civil Service and Florence Davenport’s brother. He may have a motive for harming his stepmother.
Ronnie Farley
Carmen Langborne’s housekeeper.
Ruth Taylor
Swift’s ex fiancée and the centre of his complicated love life.
Nora Morrow
A detective inspector in the Metropolitan police. She is in charge of the Carmen Langborne case.
Mark Gill
An ex-colleague of Swift’s, still working in the Metropolitan police.
Cedric Sheridan
Swift’s tenant and friend.
Oliver Sheridan
Cedric’s abusive son.
Ed Boyce
A young man who has engaged Swift because he believes his ex-girlfriend is stalking him.
Rachel Breen
Ed Boyce’s ex-girlfriend.
Charisse Lomar
She was a carer in a care home and Carmen Langborne was instrumental in having her sacked.
Vincent Lomar
Charisse Lomar’s husband; a violent man, he may have a motive for harming Carmen Langborne.
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