Bombing in Belgravia by Samantha Silver

Author:Samantha Silver [Silver, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Blueberry Books Press
Published: 2016-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

After having tea with Violet and Mrs. Michaels, Violet told me she had a bunch of research to do and that she would be in touch the next time she had anything substantial to share or for us to do. However, it turned out I didn’t have that long to wait. That night around ten pm I got a text from Violet asking me to come over, and to just walk in instead of knocking.

I did as requested and quickly discovered why going to the door was going to be such a hardship for Violet. Her entire study floor was covered in papers, save for a tiny spot in the middle where she was seated, her legs crossed and leaning so far over the sheet of paper directly in front of her that it would have made any yoga teacher proud. Her face had to be about an inch from the letters.

“Violet?” I asked cautiously. She was so dead still it was almost unbelievable.

“Ah, Cassie. Bien, come here,” she said. “Pay no mind to the papers,” she continued, waving a hand, noticing my trepidation. I carefully made my way toward her, trying to disturb her work as little as possible all the same.

“What have you found?” I asked. “This must have taken hours to go through.”

“I have not yet sorted through all of it, of course. There is too much for that, and I did not receive this pile until a couple of hours ago.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“It is a number of credit card statements that had belonged to Jenny Lin. Someone rang my doorbell and left them They were dropped on my doorstep and the bell rung, but the person who left them did not identify him or herself.”

“Wait, so you’re trying to tell me someone dropped all of Jenny Lin’s credit card records on your doorstep and you have no idea who it was?”

“I did not say I had no idea who it was,” Violet corrected, “I simply said they did not stay to identify themselves.”

“Well who was it then?”

“When you watch your American TV shows about crime, in which the police are the good guys, what happens when the FBI takes over a case?”

“The cops always resent them for taking it,” I answered.

“Well, it is the same in England. When MI5 took over this murder investigation, it would have ruffled quite a large number of feathers at the Metropolitan Police. Not only would they have wanted to keep the case themselves for reasons of pride, but also they would feel that MI5 have only involved themselves to get the glory when they finally solve the case.”

“So you think someone from the police left the box of files here for you to find so that you’ll solve the case before Tompkins does,” I finished, nodding slowly. “But I thought everyone at the police hated you.”

“It is only most people at the police who hate me,” Violet corrected, and I smiled at how easily she admitted it. “However, everyone at the police hate MI5, and even those that hate me, hate them more.

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