Mrs Massey and her daughter still lived in the London house the family had moved to from Burleigh. After stopping for a bite to eat, Rafferty pulled up in the quiet suburban street. Aware the next half-hour was likely to be even more trying than the last, he lingered in the car for a few minutes, steeling himself for the interview in a short review of the facts.
Alice, Massey's daughter, was only eighteen now, but she had been through a lot; the r**e, the trial and Smith's release, her father's trial and imprisonment, and then the divorce. He was worried about her likely reaction to being questioned about Smith.
He had left Detective Sergeant Mary Carmody in the car during Massey's interview, but he knew he would need her moral support for this one, and finally, he turned to her and aske
