CHAPTER 5
SITTINGBOURNE, KENT, THE UNITED KINGDOM
Brittany Shepherd displayed her driving skills and intolerance of other less expert drivers as she drove through beautiful, sleepy Kentish villages. Yet, the poor performance of other road users was not her chosen topic of conversation because, on the journey, she was obsessively concerned about the nature of copycat killings.
“I’ve set Rhodesy”—her fond name for her sergeant, Ellen Rhodes— “to check the precise timeline of Arnold Tibbet’s murders. I know it’s a long shot, but we might anticipate this killer’s next moves and save some lives.”
“Good thinking, Brit. Let’s hope we get something out of this visit. The last thing we need at the moment is a wild goose chase, lovely as the countryside is in these parts. That pub looks particul
