‘WELL, AIN’T THAT JUST dandy?’ Rafferty commented once he and Llewellyn were back in the car. ‘Now, in Adrienne’s sister and brother-in-law, we have two more suspects to add to the list. More of the same, we don’t need.’ Rafferty decided to see David Ayling in his office next. He was eager to discover if Ayling could supply an alibi and get himself deleted from the list almost as soon as he had appeared on it.
The efficient Llewellyn had a note of the Aylings’ telephone numbers, of course, and Rafferty got him to give Ayling’s wife, Helen, a ring to find out Ayling’s office number.
David Ayling’s office was in the centre of Elmhurst in a medieval building that looked unsuitable for twenty-first century technology.
Ayling greeted them nicely enough, but when Rafferty broached the reason
