10
The upstairs of Alice Clifton’s house was still palatial, but less ornate and tacky than much of the downstairs had been. Caroline wondered to herself whether downstairs had been styled for other people to see, whereas the upstairs had been purely for Alice and her daughter.
She wandered into the main bathroom and splashed some water on her face. She supposed she should at least make a show of having actually been in the bathroom.
Caroline prided herself on having a good eye and ear for detail. It was something that had been pointed out to her early on in her career, and was what had made her first consider a route to CID. It was that eagle eye which had spotted the mobile phone in the kitchen downstairs, and her keen ear that made her sure she’d heard someone shuffling around as she
