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Dani They had proof on John, so they reported him. But even with John, Elizabeth and her gang were very understanding with him. They wanted to do the right thing by telling the police, but still gave him an evening to sort his things out. Nobody told John to kill himself though. They just knew that he would and it makes sense if you think about. Why should he live on in prison as an old man?
With Bogdan it's different. Joyce and Elizabeth started to having a hunch about Bogdan as they have had with many people before. The only person who knew definitely was Stephen (in case he remembered). They have no proof at all, only a feeling about it. In the last chapter Joyce hints that Elizabeth will have a talk with him soon. Them receiving help from Bogdan until they know for sure is just the tone of the book and characters, theres no evil intent behind it. A little humour in the way the whole book was written.

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Amy They don’t know yet as I read it. Only Stephen knows and he has dementia and is not likely to tell Elizabeth. Joyce suspects but it is left open ended, as though this will possibly be resolved in the next book. But everyone says “Elizabeth will find out…”

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Teagan They don't have any proof on Bogdan, his story was revealed to the reader through his conversation with Stephen only. It's implied that eventually Elizabeth and Joyce will figure it out though.

I think also, Elizabeth clearly said she didn't agree with Penny's decision to murder Peter Mercer, and John's decision to murder Ventham despite understanding why they did it. This is why she reported John, and I think would report Bogdan if she found evidence.

Joyce said she thought Penny did the right thing.

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Kumari de Silva It annoyed me that John felt he needed to kill a man to protect his wife when his wife had dementia already, was nearly dead. It seemed highly, highly unlikely anyone would figure out Penny had anything to do with the bones in the graveyard, but even if they did find out - Penny would have been dead before the police managed to link her to that old crime. Plus, the man John killed (Ian) would have been his best ally, because Ian didn't give a fig about the bodies in the graveyard. He was planning to just move them somewhere else. Why would he have stirred up trouble? He was an AH sure, a womanizer and greedy developer, but he didn't deserve to die over the bones things.

Plus the way it plays out, isn't Elizabeth now guilty of manslaughter for killing Penny?

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