Rimis returned the letter to the file marked PHILLIPS-Rose FILE NO 234/088B and placed it on his desk. He leant back in his chair, stretched out his legs in front of him and rubbed his face with the palms of his hands. ‘This case just gets more complicated, Brennan. I think after reading these letters again that you’ve probably come to the same conclusion as I have. The Phillips case has just turned into a homicide enquiry.’
Jill nodded. ‘It gets worse Sarge. Suellyn Phillips’s alibi doesn’t stack up. Rosalind Duncan said she did go shopping with Suellyn but she rushed off around three-thirty after she received a phone call. They had planned to go to Eccos but they didn’t end up going. Suellyn told Rosalind that she had something important she had to do.’
‘I think it’s time for us to go and pay Tommy Dwyer a visit to see what he has to say about all of this. What’s the name of the hotel he’s staying at?’