Chapter 6By the middle of the week we have all the facts we require to formally confirm that Henri's death was indeed murder. Why couldn't it have been a simple suicide, I think? We were just beginning to wind down after the summer season, now I'll have a huge amount of work to do and I'm cheesed off. I advise my superior in Perpignan, but as expected, he leaves me and my team to investigate. No help from him then. Paul has telephoned the number he has for Valentin Foret, but is greeted with a recorded message informing him that Monsieur Foret is on retreat in Spain and cannot be reached until his return next week. The number for Roland Michel goes straight to an answerphone.
“What do people do on retreat?” Paul asks. “Is it just an excuse to get together with your pals for a drunken part
