Chapter 12: Beneath the Surface
Welcome to Chapter 12 Chapter 11 cracked the case wide open. The autopsy report left no doubt: Ian McLeod was ambushed—shot three times in the head with a .22 rifle shortly after eating Irish stew at the Green sisters’ home. His death wasn’t a mystery anymore. It was murder. And more importantly, the McLeod brothers’ story no longer holds. For Detective Jean Lavallee, the evidence rewrote the timeline and dismantled the lie: Ian never left for Vancouver—he died within hours of that cheerful dinner. And the stew in his stomach may turn out to be more damning than any confession. With arrest warrants in motion and suspicion tightening around not just Gerald and Jerome—but also George McLeod—Lavallee begins assembling his team. Enter Constable Murray Mannion: young, observant, and eager to prove himself. A new generation joins the hunt for truth. In Chapter 12, surveillance begins, secrets strain under pressure, and the final pieces begin sliding into place. But bew...