‘I sat with you until you woke up,’ Marcelo said, looking more embarrassed at having his kindness revealed than when I was accusing him of covering up a murder. ‘I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t. I’m sorry.’

‘Who’s Rebecca McAuley again?’ Andy actually put his hand up. ‘Is this something to do with that old couple with all the cash?’ He looked around sheepishly. ‘What? I’m confused!’

‘I’m getting ahead of myself.’ I decided to leave Marcelo alone. ‘Again, let’s ask ourselves why we’re here. A reunion, sure. One big happy family.’ The sarcasm dripped through my teeth. ‘But we’re here because one of us picked it. Isn’t that right, Katherine?’ I turned to her. ‘You deliberately chose the most isolated place you could find. No getting out of here easily. And you’ve been outspoken that we should stay – sure, we all know how you feel about non-refundable deposits, but there’s more to it than that, isn’t there?’

‘Not in front of everyone, Ern,’ Katherine said, but her tone wasn’t guilty or threatening; it sounded compassionate – embarrassed even – on behalf of someone else. ‘Come on.’

‘Katherine, if this doesn’t make sense, nothing does. It’s time to put everything on the table. And that includes you. Because you broke into Sofia’s chalet the night that Green Boots died. You or Andy. It doesn’t matter who, but let’s just say it was you for the sake of reason. I initially thought it very good luck that the snow cam didn’t catch whoever broke into Sofia’s chalet. That camera takes a photo every three minutes, so it would require a conscious effort, and good timing, to avoid it. Of course, you’re the type of person who checks the weather for the weekend. You’re the most organised here, you would have looked at that website fifty times before leaving home. Which means that you knew there was a snow cam, and you knew to time your movements around it so you didn’t get caught.’

Katherine swapped a guilty look with Andy.

‘So why break in? You were looking for something in Sofia’s chalet. And when you found it, you dialled Andy to tell him you had it, or perhaps so he could tell you the time, so you’d know when the snow cam refreshed and you could make a break for it. But you forgot we’d switched cabins, so you called the wrong room. So the question is, what were you looking for?’ I held up my oven mitt. ‘Those pills are dynamite, by the way. Oxycodone, was it?’

Katherine shot an apologetic look over to Sofia.