ONCE THEY WERE BACK in the car, Llewellyn said, ‘It seems rather rude to arrive late and leave early. There’s nothing that requires our immediate presence.’
‘Rudeness, like sexism, is allowed in a murder investigation. Particularly when it’s mine. Besides, I haven’t interviewed Freddie Sullivan yet. And I’d like to get all the preliminaries out of the way, before I start interviewing the next batch, like Sophia’s old friends.’
On arrival at the house, Rafferty sent Llewellyn to find Freddie Sullivan.
Freddie came in, and on Rafferty’s invitation, sat down in one of the interviewee’s chairs without any preliminaries, and said, ‘You’ve got a job on. Getting the truth out of this family. Tight-mouthed lot when they need to be.’
‘So they’ll protect their own? Even though it was one of thei
