Depression set in as she realised the complexities of the job ahead of her. All the investigations carried out so far would have to be reassessed, and the enquiry net widened to encompass Prescott’s death. The accountant’s friends, his clients and other contacts, all had to be checked on. She spent the afternoon on a recapitulation with Sergeant Boulter. “Question one, Tim. Could the two killings possibly be coincidental? Very doubtful, I’d say. The victims were connected when they were alive, so I think we should work on the assumption that their deaths are linked in some way.” “Agreed.” “So ... two murders with a common thread. But is it the same killer in each case?” Boulter raised his eyebrows. “What else?” “It doesn’t have to be the same killer. I’ll give you a possible scenario. Suppose that Latimer had persuaded Prescott to kill his wife, in return for a big pay-off when he got his hands on her money. Only Latimer didn’t inherit as expected, because of his wife’s new Will, so he couldn’t— or wouldn’t—pay out as promised.
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