Page 97 of The Sleepwalker

Joona’s phone buzzes, and he sees that he has a text from Erixon. He apologises and opens the message:

Results in from the lab: the blonde hair from the caravan is NOT from Jenny Gyllenkrans.

He puts the phone screen-down on the table and studies Jenny for a moment before continuing the interview. She is sitting quietly with a sad look on her face, picking at a hangnail on her thumb.

‘What were you doing at Bredäng Campsite on 26 November?’ he asks.

Jenny lets out a deep sigh and looks up at him.

‘I know why you think it was me,’ she says, briefly meeting his eye. ‘Because I’d arranged to meet a john in caravan fourteen .?.?. The place was closed for the season, which suited me just fine.’

‘OK, so you drove over there, parked by the gates, grabbed your metal bar and your knife and walked over to the caravan?’

‘Yes.’

‘What time was this?’

‘Five to one.’

‘Go on,’ says Joona.

‘I saw that the light was on in the caravan, so I thought the john must already be in there,’ she says, getting lost in thought.

‘What happened next?’ asks Stina.

‘What happened? I stopped dead,’ she mumbles.

‘Why?’

‘Because I saw a guy go round the back of the caravan.’

‘Could you describe him?’

‘Long, dark hair .?.?. I can’t really remember. Jeans and a green sweater.’

‘And what did you do then?’

‘What did I do? I heard some loud noises from inside .?.?. thuds, things breaking. And then a load of blood sprayed across the window, so I turned around and left as quick as I could. I got in the car and drove home.’

‘Did you hear any voices inside the caravan?’ asks Joona.

‘No, don’t think so .?.?. No.’

‘For the record, I need to ask if you ever set foot inside the caravan.’

‘I didn’t.’

‘And you’re sure?’

‘Yeah.’

‘What was the closest you got to the caravan?’

‘Maybe twenty metres,’ she replies.

‘You were on your way towards it, but you stopped because you saw a man outside the caravan?’

‘Yes.’