Catriona Olding

My dinner date with the detective

Gordes, Provence (iStock) 
issue 07 September 2024

Provence

‘What do you mean?’ I wanted to ask the man who told me last autumn it was time to move on. I hoped he didn’t mean find a new boyfriend. I like him and his wife a lot and it was meant kindly – so I kept quiet as we stood in their kitchen and they gave me instructions for my weekly visits to check the house after they left for winter.

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