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Lamont frowned ‘You’ll need to realize that if you’ve ever seen the film The Thomas Crown Affair, you should dis, I accept, but nevertheless, fiction Miles Faulkner is no Steve McQueen He doesn’t steal masterpieces for the sheer pleasure of it and then hide the theoers ant to enjoy a couple of hours iues in Boston, while sleeping with a beautiful wo on the case Although that’s the one person in the film who does bear some similarity to the real world: the insurance broker – except in our case he’s e to his wife and two children And ue’

‘Still with us, Warwick?’ asked Hawksby

‘Yes, sir’

‘Then you’ll be able to tell us what DCI La to say next’

‘That Faulkner steals valuable pictures fro a deal with the relevant insurance co to settle for considerably less than the sum insured’

‘Usually about half,’ said La a handsome profit’

‘Clever as heout such a complex operation on his own’

‘No, he isn’t He has a sside hiht any of his associates, they’ve kept their mouths firmly shut’

‘On one occasion,’ said Detective Sergeant Roycroft, ‘we even caught two of the thieves red-handed But Faulkner was in Monte Carlo at the ti peacefully in bed with a wife to confirm his alibi’

‘And do we think his wife is also one of his most trusted associates?’ asked William

‘She’s covered for him several times in the past,’ said Hawksby, ‘but we’ve recently discovered that Faulkner has a mistress’

‘That’s not yet a crime,’ said William

‘True But if she were to find out’

‘Weren’t you able to turn either of the gang you arrested, and ain?’ was William’s next question

‘Not a chance,’ said Laned contract with both of theet-out clause’