Death At Hungerford Stairs (2015)
“They stared at the grey sea, cold as slate under a heavy sky, and at the long distance where sea and sky met, where the world curved. There was no wind, just a leadenness in the air. Over there beyond that far line was Paris. They could see the faint smudge that was the steamer on its way to France. They were not there, Victorine and the mysterious Michel. Nor were they here in Brighton or, at least Dickens and Jones had not found them. And even further across the wide, wide sea lay America to ...where the SS Mediator would sail from London to New York in two days’ time on November 28th. Rogers was down at the Pool of London investigating the passenger list in case the two had decided to sail for America. They had done all they could.
They had checked every milliner’s and dressmaker’s establishment in the hope that one might be the former business of a Frenchwoman and her husband. The name was Jolicoeur or Blandois. No one had heard of them. The next step was to get the Brighton police to check the addresses of any French nationals living in Brighton.MoreLess
They had checked every milliner’s and dressmaker’s establishment in the hope that one might be the former business of a Frenchwoman and her husband. The name was Jolicoeur or Blandois. No one had heard of them. The next step was to get the Brighton police to check the addresses of any French nationals living in Brighton.MoreLess
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