11
A SEARCH OF COFETE
With the village carved up between them, the killer couldn’t possibly avoid detection. That was the thought everyone carried with them as the little groups assembled. Since Clarissa and Richard had been assigned the area around the restaurant and the short row of four terraced dwellings nearby, they had the easiest portion of the search. As the others wandered off, Clarissa took the opportunity to use the restaurant bathroom, leaving Richard standing around on the patio.
When she returned, she thought Richard was looking haggard and fit to drop. He needed to get his adrenalin pumping. She sidled up to him and said, ‘Has it occurred to you that there are only two possibilities. Either the killer is in hiding in the village as the others seem to think or he was seate
