prison,’ said Archery. He thought for a moment. ‘Perhaps
Josephine Crilling did it. Perhaps she wore the raincoat and hid it. She was there.’
’Why would she want to kill Rose Primero?’ asked Burden. ‘People do strange things when they are mentally ill,’ said Archery. 'At the trial she said that she went to the house the
first time at 6.25pm. But was that the truth? Perhaps she went
at 6.40pm after Painter had been and left, then she took the child back later.’
‘To let her child find a body her mother knew was there?’ asked Burden.
‘Yes,’ said Archery. ‘Because nobody would believe that a mother could do something like that.’ ‘You should be a policeman, sir,’ said Burden, smiling.
‘Perhaps,’ said Archery. ‘Alice Flower’s next on my visiting list.’