23“Look, it didn’t take an investigative mastermind to figure it out,” Maron was saying to Monsour. “The second person I talked to told me that the girl had been working for Coulon for years. She’s the sister of—you know Julien, who sells chickens at the market? No? Paul-Henri, you do go to the market on Saturdays? What, are you eating pizza every night?” he said, shaking his head. “Oh never mind, I sound like somebody’s grandmother. Anyway, the point is, Josette Barbeau has been working five days a week for Coulon since 2005. The Barbeau family lives on a farm, way out toward Riberac. Julien gives her a ride into the village every morning and picks her back up in the afternoon.
“And you assume…?”
“I assume nothing. But if Josette was in the house the day of the murder, which would fit w
