Chapter 44

In addition, the act introduced a strict exemption, which would lead to increased prosecution

I closed the newspaper and tossed it aside in disgust. 13

It was some years later, and I was once again updating J Tanner’s dossier when one very intriguing fact came to light. As I entered the latest successful completion of an assignment which had proved more dangerous than any of us had dreamed—and incidentally the next in the unending list of red-headed women—I discovered to my surprise that Tanner had named me as his next-of-kin.

I was in the midst of puzzling this over when the Wolf strode into my office.

“It looks like Malossini is up to something new.”

Callisto Malossini, who was fairly high up in the London underworld and who would have liked to be even higher.

“I thought things were too quiet lately,” I complained mildly. “What’s he up to this time?”