MUCH TO RAFFERTY’S surprise, something new, something helpful, had come in during his and Llewellyn’s absence. He could only conclude the unkind fates were sunning themselves on some Californian beach instead of concentrating their malevolency on him as seemed usually to be the case.
A young woman stood up when they entered reception and moved towards him as Bill Beard said, ‘Miss’ and pointed to Rafferty.
'You are Inspector Rafferty?' she asked.
Rafferty nodded, and she introduced herself. 'My name's Georgie Green.'
Rafferty felt wrong-footed. What was Ian Sutherland’s fiancée doing here? In his mind, he'd relegated the interview with her to this evening. 'What can I do for you, Ms Green?' he asked, stalling for thinking time.
She gave a faint smile. It softened her somewhat hard fea
