Lambs to the Slaughter (2012)
“It was Dr Sutton himself who answered the bell.
‘Well, well, what have we here?’ he asked, running his eyes appreciatively up and down her body. ‘A door-to-door salesperson, perhaps? Or a young lady with a survey which she’d like me to complete?’ ‘I’m afraid I’m neither of those, Dr Sutton,’ Meadows said, producing her warrant card.
Sutton groaned.
‘I thought I’d made it quite plain to your DCI Paniatowski that if she wanted my daughter to talk to the police, it would have to be by appointment, and only in my solicitor’s presence,’ he said.
‘You might have made it plain to her, but she certainly didn’t make it plain to me,’ Meadows said. ‘So I’ve wasted a journey, have I?’ ‘It would appear so.’ Meadows stamped her foot angrily on the path. ‘She doesn’t listen, does she?’ she demanded, of no one in particular. ‘The bloody woman never listens to anybody. So not only am I sent out to investigate something that should never have been investigated in the first place, but I’m going to have ...to do the whole thing again tomorrow.’ ‘You don’t think that it should be investigated?’ Sutton asked interestedly.MoreLess
‘Well, well, what have we here?’ he asked, running his eyes appreciatively up and down her body. ‘A door-to-door salesperson, perhaps? Or a young lady with a survey which she’d like me to complete?’ ‘I’m afraid I’m neither of those, Dr Sutton,’ Meadows said, producing her warrant card.
Sutton groaned.
‘I thought I’d made it quite plain to your DCI Paniatowski that if she wanted my daughter to talk to the police, it would have to be by appointment, and only in my solicitor’s presence,’ he said.
‘You might have made it plain to her, but she certainly didn’t make it plain to me,’ Meadows said. ‘So I’ve wasted a journey, have I?’ ‘It would appear so.’ Meadows stamped her foot angrily on the path. ‘She doesn’t listen, does she?’ she demanded, of no one in particular. ‘The bloody woman never listens to anybody. So not only am I sent out to investigate something that should never have been investigated in the first place, but I’m going to have ...to do the whole thing again tomorrow.’ ‘You don’t think that it should be investigated?’ Sutton asked interestedly.MoreLess
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