Thanet rose. ‘Well, thank you for being so patient, sir.’
‘What now, Inspector?’
‘First, I’d like to change. Sergeant Lineham has brought me more suitable clothes.’
‘There’s a bathroom next door.’
‘And then I’d like a word with your wife and your aunt. I must check if they saw anything suspicious during the afternoon. They’ll have had a little time to compose themselves and think about it.’
If he was right, and one of the members of Mrs Fairleigh’s family had seized the opportunity to finish her off, the circle of suspects was small: Fairleigh himself, his aunt, his wife.
He was eager to find out what the other two had to say for themselves.
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About the Author
Dorothy Simpson was born and brought up in South Wales, and went to Bristol University, where she read modern languages before moving to Kent, the background of the Thanet novels. After spending several years bringing up three children, she trained as a marriage guidance counsellor and subsequently worked as one for thirteen years, before writing her first novel. She says, “You may think that marriage guidance counsellor to crime writer is rather a peculiar career move, but although I didn’t realise it at the time, of course, the training I received was the best possible preparation for writing detective novels. Murder mysteries are all about relationships which go disastrously wrong and the insights I gained into what makes people tick, into their interaction and motivations, have been absolutely invaluable to DI Thanet, my series character, as have the interviewing skills I acquired during my years of counselling.”
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Copyright © 1991 by Dorothy Simpson
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