Mark looked up from the file.

"Any idea if she currently involved in something similar?"

Gower shifted uncomfortably.

"You were sent in response to some samples I shipped to the London offices. We've had two people turn up dead looking . . . well, I don't know rightly how to describe it, but we've got pictures."

Moving to a cabinet, Gower pulled out a folder, but hesitated before beginning to lay out the photographs.

Unlike the withered body from their last encounter, the skin was tightly stretched over the bones, looking more like an ancient mummy that a recent death.