#Rankin#Saints of the shadow bible. Page 31.

'Any other friends who should be told?' Clarke asked.

She broke off (to end a relationship), hands clasped (to hold something firmly) between her knees, staring at the varnished (a liquid that is painted onto wood to protect the surface) wooden floor.

     'We don't have his contact details,' Clarke confided (to tell something secret).

'That's fine, but we'd like a word with him too,' Rebus cleared his throat.

'She was headed off (to start a journey or to leave a place) out.’

'And as far as you know, she hasn't got friends in Kirkliston (is a village within the outlying jurisdiction of the City of Edinburgh) or Broxburn (is a town in West Lothian, located 19 km. west of Edinburgh)?' 

  'Stirling (a city in central Scotland).'