Chapter EightBut, as on the day of her mother’s murder, when they got round to Mercer’s Lane, Jane Ogilvie wasn’t home. Only Darryl Jesmond and her children were there.
It was the first time Rafferty had seen all three half-siblings together. They were as dissimilar as it was possible for siblings –even half-siblings –to be.
Hakim, the half-Arab middle child, could be no more than sixteen, but he already sported a shadowy beard. He had extraordinary honey coloured eyes that seemed not to need to blink and was, Rafferty thought, far too handsome for his own good.
Aurora, the youngest, was also an attractive child. It was only Charles, the eldest, who seemed to have missed out on the good looks of his half siblings. Perhaps it was only the warm skin tones of Hakim and Aurora that made Cha
