Chapter Six
IN THE COURSE OF A very busy Saturday morning, once he had hardened his heart, abandoned his brother to the chill, unwelcome embrace of a damp out of season caravan, and driven back to Elmhurst, Rafferty pushed his team hard. It was imperative, if they were to reduce the suspect list still further, that they speedily contact the rest of the elusive guests. Even if the early departure of so many of them from the party precluded their inclusion on the suspects’ list as he had already concluded, it was possible that one or more of them had seen something during the evening that could provide them with a useful pointer to guilt.
While the team were occupied with this task and the second imperative of chasing up the rest of the entries in the dead man’s contacts book, Rafferty aga
