MOST OF THOSE ON THE latest list of debtors they’d obtained from Malcolm Forbes lived in Elmhurst or the surrounding villages. Forbes apparently liked to be a big fish in a small pond and hadn’t done much to extend his loan-sharking operation farther afield. He had a nice little earner locally, so why risk having to mix it with even bigger fish outside his usual area?
The officers assigned to checking out those on the debtor’s list were making fair headway. Those of the debtors they had so far checked had alibis that stood up to basic scrutiny, though there were a couple on the list who had relatives on Primrose Avenue. One was a Paul Dicker, the little brother of Samantha and the other was the unmarried daughter of Mr and Mrs Jones. There might yet be others, but the checking was still c
