By Gwendoline Butler
EISBN-13: 9780007544707
The brutal homicide of a tender woman polarizes the population of the newly gentrified London local lower than the jurisdiction of police leader commander John Coffin.
Victim Anna Mary Kinver belonged to a working-class relatives lengthy resident within the zone, whereas one of many suspects, Tim Zeman, is the son of a well-to-do medical professional. even though a blood-soaked vagrant turns out a much more likely suspect before everything, nameless letters signed "Paper Man" threaten vengeance if the police don't arrest Tim.
The psychological breakdown of Anna's father, the deaths of 2 participants of Tim's relatives after which his obvious suicide upload extra issues. whereas local turmoil escalates, Coffin is compelled to solve this complicated skein of occasions whereas pleasing the day by day standards of his new place and engaging in a love affair with actress Stella Pinero, who runs a close-by theater workshop and understands the households all in favour of the murders.
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Sie suchte für ihn im Britischen Museum immer die Unterlagen heraus – und derartige Dinge. Sie hatte vorher schon Lord Mulcaster bei seinem Buch geholfen. Und sie war taktvoll – ich meine: Sie suchte nicht die falschen Dinge heraus. Schließlich hat jeder Mensch Vorfahren, an die er nicht gern erinnert werden möchte. In diesem Punkt war Gervase sehr empfindlich. Mir hat sie übrigens auch geholfen. Eine Menge Informationen über Hatschepsut hat sie mir besorgt. « Diese Neuigkeit gab Lady Chevenix-Gore mit ruhiger Stimme 41 bekannt.
Betrogen? « Lady Chevenix-Gore schüttelte den Kopf, immer noch ohne wirkliches Interesse. « »Vor dem Abendessen, auf dem Weg nach unten, schaute er wie gewöhnlich bei mir herein. Meine Zofe war dabei. « »Ach, über die Familiengeschichte. Er kam so gut damit voran. Und er hatte diese seltsame Frau, Miss Lingard, gefunden, die für ihn unbezahlbar war. Sie suchte für ihn im Britischen Museum immer die Unterlagen heraus – und derartige Dinge. Sie hatte vorher schon Lord Mulcaster bei seinem Buch geholfen.
Aber natürlich! « »Lassen Sie mich einen Moment überlegen. Zum Beispiel merkte ich, daß er manchmal anscheinend gar nicht begriff, was ich ihm erzählte…« »Einen Moment. Pardon. « »Heute nachmittag. « »Wie ich schon sagte, fiel es Sir Gervase anscheinend schwer, sich zu konzentrieren – er erwähnte es sogar selbst und fügte noch hinzu, daß verschiedene ernste Angelegenheiten ihn stark beschäftigten. « »Ach, irgend etwas Besänftigendes. « »Mehr oder weniger. Wir wandten uns dann wieder Sir Roger Chevenix-Gore zu.