THE NEXT DAY WAS A busy one. Rafferty instigated checks into each of the family’s backgrounds, as well as those of Dahlia and Freddie Sullivan. They were all clean, apart from Adam Chambers, who had a small cocaine habit.
‘Bet Grannie didn’t know about that,’ said Rafferty.
‘There seems to be quite a lot that Mrs Egerton didn’t know.’ Llewellyn responded. ‘And possibly several things that she did.’
‘Mmm. I doubt if Adam’s the only one with secrets that Grannie mustn’t find out about. If we can find out what they are, we might be in with a chance of catching her murderer. We’ll need to question the suspects’ extended family and friends, including the victim’s. Have we found her address book yet?’
‘The royal “We”, is it, now?’
Rafferty shot him a look, and Llewellyn nodded. ‘Yes, we’ve
