Salvation of a Saint
“She sent that postcard during her two years over there.’ Kusanagi listened to the junior detective rattle off the facts, growing steadily gloomier as she grew more animated. A part of him didn’t want to acknowledge the importance of her discovery.
Mamiya leaned back in his chair, thick arms crossed across his chest. ‘So what you’re trying to say is that Junko Tsukui and Ayane Mashiba were friends?’ ‘Well – it’s very likely. The postmark on the postcard coincides with the time that Mrs Mashiba w...as studying in London, and she’s from Hokkaido. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.’ ‘Come on,’ Kusanagi said. ‘It could be a coincidence. How many exchange students do you think there are in London at any given time? At least one hundred, maybe two.’ ‘Take it easy.’ Mamiya hushed the older detective with a wave of one hand. ‘So, Utsumi – say the two of them were friends. How do you think that relates to the current case?’ ‘This is still just conjecture,’ she told him, ‘but there’s a chance that the arsenous acid Junko used to commit suicide passed into Mrs Mashiba’s possession.’ ‘Forensics will be on that shortly, though there’s no telling whether they’ll be able to give us a definitive answer.MoreLess
Mamiya leaned back in his chair, thick arms crossed across his chest. ‘So what you’re trying to say is that Junko Tsukui and Ayane Mashiba were friends?’ ‘Well – it’s very likely. The postmark on the postcard coincides with the time that Mrs Mashiba w...as studying in London, and she’s from Hokkaido. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.’ ‘Come on,’ Kusanagi said. ‘It could be a coincidence. How many exchange students do you think there are in London at any given time? At least one hundred, maybe two.’ ‘Take it easy.’ Mamiya hushed the older detective with a wave of one hand. ‘So, Utsumi – say the two of them were friends. How do you think that relates to the current case?’ ‘This is still just conjecture,’ she told him, ‘but there’s a chance that the arsenous acid Junko used to commit suicide passed into Mrs Mashiba’s possession.’ ‘Forensics will be on that shortly, though there’s no telling whether they’ll be able to give us a definitive answer.MoreLess
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