your investigation.’
‘Well I’ve been busy completing my notes on the interview with Taylor.’
‘Interesting interview. Jessie was just telling me about it and her observations concerning the suicide note being fake. Opens up a can of worms, doesn’t it?’
‘Depends how you look at it,’ Anna said.
‘How do you mean?’ Langton asked.
‘Taylor could be telling a pack of lies and the suicide note could be genuine. As you’ve often said yourself, there can be many sides to a story.’
‘True. But I have to say Jessie has raised issues that DI Simms should clearly have considered at the time. If he made the wrong call at the scene then everything that followed is a total fuck-up. We could have a murderer out there who thinks they’ve got away with it.’
‘Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Paul Simms never knew about Delon Taylor back then,’ Anna replied.
‘He might have done if he’d dug a bit deeper and made some in-depth enquiries at the Trojan,’ Dewar remarked.
‘Why do you think Taylor’s lying?’ Langton asked Anna.
‘There may be elements of truth in what he said but that doesn’t mean Reynolds was murdered. He could be trying to use circumstances for his own benefit. He never came forward until he ended up on remand for robbery and assault.’
‘If I may interject, Jimmy,’ Dewar said.
Every time she called him ‘Jimmy’ it grated on Anna’s nerves, but she knew it was perfectly possible that Dewar could have read the list of issues about her attitude to discuss, and was now attempting to turn things to her advantage. Anna was sorely tempted to give Dewar a piece of her mind, but with Langton on the FBI agent’s side she decided it was better to keep quiet and just let her drone on.
‘In my experience the behavioural actions of the person being interviewed can help to detect whether or not they are lying.’
‘Are you referring to Taylor?’ Langton asked.
‘Yes. I focused on his micro-expressions. I wrote a chapter about it in my published paper, “The Language of Lies”.’
‘So what exactly are micro-expressions?’ Langton asked, intrigued, and Dewar clearly knew it.
‘Movements that flash up on a person’s face for a fraction of a second. When someone is lying their eyes will move to the left or they may blink more rapidly.’
‘How interesting,’ Langton remarked.
‘We still don’t know what Taylor was actually thinking,’ Anna said, annoyed that Langton of all people was fooled by Dewar’s drivel.
‘It takes experience and understanding to spot the signs, Anna. Emotions that betray a liar are fear, guilt about lying. Taylor showed none of those signs and that is why I believe he was telling the truth.’
‘What about his emotional outburst and banging the table when you accused him of being Donna’s lover and doing her dirty work?’
‘I already told you I wanted to draw him out and see how he reacted to a statement that I had no evidence to support.’
‘I was going to update the team about our interview with Taylor but I wondered if you would like to do it. I’m sure they would be interested to hear about your micro-expression observations,’ Anna said, trying to force Dewar into an awkward situation.
‘As much as I’d love to I really don’t have the time at the moment. They can read the report I prepared.’
‘I think your next step should be an interview with Donna Reynolds,’ Langton said.
‘I agree, Jimmy. I found out this morning that Donna Reynolds is now living with her mother. Anna and I have an appointment to see her this afternoon. I also think we first need to revisit the flat where Reynolds died. Get a better feel for the scene before we interview his widow.’
Frustrated that Dewar had just assumed she would be interviewing Donna and keen not to let Barolli down again, Anna decided to speak up. ‘I’ve told Paul Barolli that he can do the Donna Reynolds interview with me, so I think he should also come on the
‘Well I’ve been busy completing my notes on the interview with Taylor.’
‘Interesting interview. Jessie was just telling me about it and her observations concerning the suicide note being fake. Opens up a can of worms, doesn’t it?’
‘Depends how you look at it,’ Anna said.
‘How do you mean?’ Langton asked.
‘Taylor could be telling a pack of lies and the suicide note could be genuine. As you’ve often said yourself, there can be many sides to a story.’
‘True. But I have to say Jessie has raised issues that DI Simms should clearly have considered at the time. If he made the wrong call at the scene then everything that followed is a total fuck-up. We could have a murderer out there who thinks they’ve got away with it.’
‘Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Paul Simms never knew about Delon Taylor back then,’ Anna replied.
‘He might have done if he’d dug a bit deeper and made some in-depth enquiries at the Trojan,’ Dewar remarked.
‘Why do you think Taylor’s lying?’ Langton asked Anna.
‘There may be elements of truth in what he said but that doesn’t mean Reynolds was murdered. He could be trying to use circumstances for his own benefit. He never came forward until he ended up on remand for robbery and assault.’
‘If I may interject, Jimmy,’ Dewar said.
Every time she called him ‘Jimmy’ it grated on Anna’s nerves, but she knew it was perfectly possible that Dewar could have read the list of issues about her attitude to discuss, and was now attempting to turn things to her advantage. Anna was sorely tempted to give Dewar a piece of her mind, but with Langton on the FBI agent’s side she decided it was better to keep quiet and just let her drone on.
‘In my experience the behavioural actions of the person being interviewed can help to detect whether or not they are lying.’
‘Are you referring to Taylor?’ Langton asked.
‘Yes. I focused on his micro-expressions. I wrote a chapter about it in my published paper, “The Language of Lies”.’
‘So what exactly are micro-expressions?’ Langton asked, intrigued, and Dewar clearly knew it.
‘Movements that flash up on a person’s face for a fraction of a second. When someone is lying their eyes will move to the left or they may blink more rapidly.’
‘How interesting,’ Langton remarked.
‘We still don’t know what Taylor was actually thinking,’ Anna said, annoyed that Langton of all people was fooled by Dewar’s drivel.
‘It takes experience and understanding to spot the signs, Anna. Emotions that betray a liar are fear, guilt about lying. Taylor showed none of those signs and that is why I believe he was telling the truth.’
‘What about his emotional outburst and banging the table when you accused him of being Donna’s lover and doing her dirty work?’
‘I already told you I wanted to draw him out and see how he reacted to a statement that I had no evidence to support.’
‘I was going to update the team about our interview with Taylor but I wondered if you would like to do it. I’m sure they would be interested to hear about your micro-expression observations,’ Anna said, trying to force Dewar into an awkward situation.
‘As much as I’d love to I really don’t have the time at the moment. They can read the report I prepared.’
‘I think your next step should be an interview with Donna Reynolds,’ Langton said.
‘I agree, Jimmy. I found out this morning that Donna Reynolds is now living with her mother. Anna and I have an appointment to see her this afternoon. I also think we first need to revisit the flat where Reynolds died. Get a better feel for the scene before we interview his widow.’
Frustrated that Dewar had just assumed she would be interviewing Donna and keen not to let Barolli down again, Anna decided to speak up. ‘I’ve told Paul Barolli that he can do the Donna Reynolds interview with me, so I think he should also come on the
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