‘Have you dug your passport out?’ asked Patricia, the change in subject signalling that, for her, the matter of Philip not wanting to go to Majorca was now resolved. ‘Put it on the bed with mine.’
With a resigned sigh, he began rooting around his bedside table for it. The landline phone on Patricia’s side began to ring and she snatched up the receiver.
‘The Pope residence,’ she said officiously.
Philip paid no attention to the conversation until his wife remarked, ‘This is rather out of the blue. Why now, Declan?’
‘Declan Morris?’ he hissed at her, seeking confirmation that it was indeed the man their daughter had once been engaged to, whom they hadn’t spoken to in more than a decade. The same man who had, at one point, been the police’s prime suspect.
Patricia nodded vehemently.
She listened for a few moments then replied in a faltering voice, ‘Are you sure? Could it be a joke?’
Another pause.
‘Fine. Yes, we shall both be here. See you shortly.’
She hung up and turned to her husband, her shock palpable.
‘He’s coming round now.’
‘Whatever for?’
‘He read about the memorial on my blog and wants to come to Majorca for it. But that’s not all.’ Patricia sank down on the bed, clearly too stunned to stay standing. ‘He’s received an anonymous email from someone saying they know why Katy was murdered – because they were the person who did it.’
FALSE WITNESS
Michelle Davies has been writing professionally for twenty years as a journalist on magazines, including on the production desk at Elle, and as Features Editor of Heat. Her last staff position before going freelance was Editor-at-Large at Grazia magazine and she currently writes for a number of women’s magazines and newspaper supplements. She lives in London and juggles writing crime fiction with her freelance journalism and motherhood. False Witness is the third novel featuring DC Maggie Neville, following Gone Astray and Wrong Place.
Also by Michelle Davies
Gone Astray
Wrong Place
First published 2018 by Pan Books
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