At nine o’clock the following morning, Detectives O’Brian and Riley knocked on the door of a pretty little California bungalow located in the Beverlywood section of Los Angeles. Beverlywood is not posh like the Beverly Hills neighborhood where I lived with my folks, but it’s a nice area, with great shopping, restaurants, lovely houses, and friendly people.
An attractive woman in her early forties answered the door.
“Yes,” she said. “May I help you?”
“Are you Margaret Franklin?” D