Detective Sophie Allen Box Set 2 by Michael Hambling

Author:Michael Hambling [Hambling, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime thrillers and mystery
Published: 2019-10-21T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18: Family Questions

Thursday afternoon, Week 2

Sophie sipped her tea and looked around the lounge of the Giroux home.

‘Have there been any developments?’ Sharon asked.

‘Yes, fairly substantial ones, but I can’t tell you any more than that, Dr Giroux, certainly no details at this stage. You must realise that there are a number of puzzling aspects to the case and we’re in the process of trying to link them all together.’

‘So there isn’t an imminent arrest?’

‘You just have to be patient. We don’t move until we’re fairly sure.’

‘In that case, why are you here?’

‘Because I need more information from you about your two-day visit to Exeter during your holiday. You told us it was in the middle of your second week in Cornwall. I need the full details. Times. Where you stayed, what you did, who you were with. It’s a necessary formality, Dr Giroux.’

‘Your DC could have asked me for that. Why you this time?’

‘Because I have a suspicion that you’re holding back on something. So, to start, I want full details about the conference.’

Sharon sighed. ‘It was at Exeter University on the Monday and Tuesday of our second week in Cornwall. It was a catch-up for GPs on the latest information about prostate cancer diagnosis.’

Sophie looked at her. ‘That was on the Monday, and it was a single day according to the organisers. It didn’t spill over to a second day.’ She waited.

‘On Tuesday there was a symposium on the latest treatments for patients with CPD, so I stayed on.’

‘That was in the afternoon, from two onwards.’ Again she waited.

‘What are you implying?’ Sharon asked.

‘I’m not implying anything, Dr Giroux. I just need to know where you were during those two days. Look, why don’t you start from the time you set off from your holiday cottage? The Monday morning, wasn’t it? What time?’

‘I left shortly after six thirty. I’d booked a taxi to take me to St Austell station. The session was due to begin at ten, so that gave me plenty of time for the journey. I checked in and dumped my bags in the overnight room I’d been allocated, then I freshened up. It also gave me time to grab a coffee before the session started.’

‘Did everyone arrive at about the same time?’

‘About half of us. Some of the people from further away had travelled the day before. Anyway, the session went on until six. It was meant to finish earlier, but there was a lot of discussion about a couple of points.’ She fell into silence.

‘Many of the delegates left at that point. Am I right?’

Sharon seemed reticent. ‘Most. Only a few were staying over for the session on the following day.’

‘So what did you do that evening?’

‘I went out for dinner with a few other doctors and then on for some drinks.’

A very minimal answer. Sophie again sensed that Sharon was nervous and holding back on something.

‘Is there something you want to add to that?’

‘No. Why should I? It’s what I did. I’ve answered your question.

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