Philip Cox

The Value of Nothing Philip Cox

A car crash: was it an accident? Or was it murder? And if it was murder, who was the intended victim? The first story featuring investigative reporter Jack Richardson.
Jack is enjoying an evening with his girlfriend, Lucy Ryder. They run out of wine: Jack is over the limit, so Lucy goes out to the local store. She borrows his coat and car.
Lucy never returns: within minutes, Jack's car is rolling down an embankment before exploding.
Jack's instincts tell him this was no accident. Believing there is something in Lucy's life that is connected to the crash, he opens her laptop. What he finds leads him to believe could be behind her death.
But it was a dark night, raining heavily, and visibility was poor. Lucy was driving Jack's car.
Is there something in Jack's past that was connected to the crash, and was it a tragic case of mistaken identity?
Previously published as Don't Go Out in the Dark.