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The jurors began to buzz among themselves, but Isobel sat back, stunned into silence. Peter had lied. He'd had another weapon with him all along. Of course he had shot the judge. As Officer Gonzalez read out the lab report, Isobel tried to process what she'd just heard. Who else would have been able to time the murder so exactly? This gun was clearly not a derringer. But where had he hidden it during his interview with the police? He had turned over his weapons bag, and the police had searched it - and him - and found nothing.

"Please explain how it was recovered," Foster asked Gonzalez.

"It was recovered from the home of Andrew Harrison, son of the deceased."

"And how did you come to find it?"

"Harrison had been brought in for questioning. When he returned home, he discovered the gun in his closet. He turned it in immediately."

"Thank you."