Chapter 38Breakdown
Ross and Drake studied the woman sitting stoically in Interview Room 1 for almost ten minutes prior to beginning the interview of Vera Manvers. Silent and motionless, she appeared to Ross to resemble one of the giant stone figures he'd seen in TV documentaries of Easter Island. Her face gave nothing away, and he wondered how hard it might prove to break her down and find a way to incite her to talk about the murders he was now almost certain she'd been a party to. More importantly, he needed to try to get Vera to reveal the identity of her partner in crime, who had so far managed to remain anonymous to the investigators, despite Vera's capture.
“She's not moved a muscle since she was placed in there, sir,” said P.C. Andrews, one of the two constables who'd taken turns
