Chapter Thirteen
Edward Diaz had already been told of his wife’s death by the Met police, but Rafferty was keen to speak to him and not only to find out if his wife had used her mobile to apprise him of the latest happenings amongst her old school friends. He had always regarded it as a courtesy to speak with the bereaved as soon as practicable.
Besides, they were armed with the results of the toxicology tests. Rafferty had begged and pleaded to have them moved up the queue and could now let Mr Diaz know the cause of his wife’s sudden death. It had been the same poison that had killed Ainsley, which wasn’t any great surprise.
They stopped off at the local nick as another courtesy, to let them know he and Llewellyn were on their patch. ‘How did Mr Diaz seem? Rafferty asked the uniformed
