Ms“Right, okay, Ms. Manvers,” said Nick Dodds. “Can we come in please?”
“What"s this about?” Vera asked.
“Just a few more questions about Speke Hill,” Derek McLennan said in response to her question.
“Well, yes, I suppose so, but I hope this won"t take long, I have to go out soon.”
“I can see that,” McLennan replied. His look at his fellow detective said it all. They"d both expected a dowdy spinsterish woman in her fifties to answer the door. Instead, they were both a little taken aback to see the very attractive, well dressed woman standing before them, who couldn"t have been more than forty-five at the outside.
They followed Vera into her tidy living room, and seated themselves in opposite armchairs. Vera sat on the sofa, and the act of crossing her legs made her already short skirt
