Later, all three supplied with drinks and seated round the table, he filled them in on what he'd found out so far.

"Definitely no reports of any disappearance or suspicious circumstances to the local police. I have a mate in the policía local and he's made discreet enquiries. I went up to Caserones again during the day a few days ago and all is quiet and apparently normal, but I still had that feeling of being watched. It felt like -"He broke off.

"My parents were in ...