RAFFERTY WAS CALLED away when they returned to the station, and was secluded in a meeting for much of the rest of the afternoon. Llewellyn was waiting for him when he returned to his office with the news that Harry Jones’s lady love, Mrs Singleton had rung up while he’d been otherwise engaged.
‘And did she get Harry to spill the blackmailing beans?’
‘Unfortunately not. She said he clammed up as soon as she mentioned our visit and refused to be drawn. She said he tried to laugh off the possibility that he was being blackmailed over their affair, though, according to Mrs Singleton, he didn’t manage it very successfully.’
‘Maybe it’s time we had a word with him ourselves. Did you contact him as I asked?’
‘Yes. He’s coming in later this afternoon.’
‘Has the team dug up anyone else on Forb
