It had been the good-looking young detective and the woman officer who had interviewed her, and she had… — P.D. James
It had been the good-looking young detective and the woman officer who had interviewed her, and she had sensed that they were quietly sympathetic. But that of course had been deliberate. They had set out to get her confidence and they had succeeded. She was amazed now how much she had confided to them.
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