Three days later she rang him. ‘I want to take you somewhere,’ she said.
‘Bed?’
‘Yes, but somewhere else first.’
‘Not Shepherd Market.’
‘No, another market. Camden. I have something serious to discuss with you.’
‘Have you denied me?’
‘No. Quite the opposite. I have affirmed you.’
‘You haven’t told Hal?’
‘Of course not. I have affirmed you in another way.’
‘I am intrigued. Tell me what you have done.’
‘You will have to wait,’ she says, ‘until Camden.’
‘It sounds dramatic.’
‘It is dramatic.’
‘Why Camden?’
‘It’s a crime scene.’
‘Whose crime?’
‘Mine.’
‘What kind of crime?’
‘Just wait.’
‘Can’t you give me a little clue?’
‘All right. Just a little one. I’ve murdered someone.’