Page 179 of The Silent Appeal

Date: September 11, 2025

Subject: Our theories

Dear Mr. Tanner,

We’ve been considering events in Bridgetown last year and how they tie into the Lockwood case. This is what we know: Nicky-Rose jointly ran an entertainment business for cruise ships. It is not lost on us that a cruise ship is an excellent place to murder someone and get away with it. Tiffany Ramirez left the Voyager Eclipse and went ashore in Bridgetown, where something occurred that meant she never returned. However, someone altered the crew log to indicate that she did return to the ship, which meant that when her absence was noted, it appeared she’d died by suicide at sea.

Whatever happened, it appears that Nicky-Rose has brought the fallout halfway across the world to Lockwood.

Yours sincerely,

Charlotte Holroyd & Femi Hassan

Lockwood Murder Case WhatsApp group, September 11, 2025:

Roderick Tanner, KC

Send them the next folder please, Sharon.

Femi Hassan

Thank you, Sharon. How are you, Mr. Tanner?

Roderick Tanner, KC

Doctors! They know nothing.

Charlotte Holroyd

So, you’re feeling ok?

Roderick Tanner, KC

Never better.

Femi Hassan

Are you home now?

Sharon Collins

Mr. Tanner discharged himself against medical advice.

Roderick Tanner, KC

I have too much work to be ill. Now, let me catch up and we can discuss.

Roderick Tanner, KC

Sharon! Have you sent them?

Sharon Collins

YES!

Charlotte

One gigabyte.