Book 4: Hanged by the Neck, Chapters 1-5 Summary

Dalgliesh and Massingham drive to Sprogg's Cottage where Angela Foley and Stella Mawson live. Foley is not home, but Mawson invites the men in and is congenial and seemingly open to answering anything they ask. Stella Mawson gives an accounting of the whereabouts of the both of them on the night of the murder and explains a little about the relationship (or lack thereof) between Angela and her cousin, Dr. Lorrimer. Angela arrives and Dalgliesh questions her about the will; Angela seems indifferent to the terms of the will. Angela says she does not like Lorrimer and was even a little afraid of him, similar to Cliff Bradley. Stella adds that Bradley probably reminds Lorrimer of himself when Lorrimer was younger and gives an explanation about that.

Brenda Pridmore oversleeps and...