Chapter Twenty“I haven’t said anything to Perrault and Maron yet,” said Dufort. “But looking at the usuals of means, motive, and opportunity—the person who comes at the top of the list is not Adèle, but her brother, Michel Faure.” He watched Molly carefully.
She sipped her coffee and narrowed her eyes, thinking.
“We have no physical evidence—not yet. But Michel ticks all the boxes. Number one, he arranged the party,” said Dufort, “which I believe is an important point. If you’re going to poison your aunt with face cream—that is how we believe it was done—then it’s clever to invite as many people as you can so you have a crowd to blend into. If he had simply taken the cream to her house, the list of suspects would narrow to him and Sabrina, the housekeeper. Madame Desrosiers did not have
