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THE NEXT MORNING, at Payton Manor, as the three sat around the breakfast table, Saeted “Either so the place or someone told them ere on our way there”

“Nobody here would do that,” Oliver said “I trusta lot better than he had last night after they’d taken him to the hospital The wound on his arm was deep and required a few stitches Mostly, he was suffering froht’s rest he’d recovered sufficiently “They’d never do anything to hurt him”

“Well, so? Whoever it was, they had the inside knowledge of Oliver’s movements ever since Pebble Beach, possibly even before “I think we’re going to have to back up a few steps We need to talk to that attorney Seloing on with this case, he can”

Saiven to him, on speakerphone

“David Cooke’s office,” a woman answered

“Sao, here, with Oliver Payton Is Mr Cooke available?”

“One moment, please”

Cooke answered a minute later “Glad you called,” he said “I’ve hired a top investigator for the case Just heard back fro to his report, a couple of things of note First, the white-hairedin thatlooks a bit too fit to be a seventy-so-year-old with h to be useless for a positive identification”

“Which, apparently, didn’t stop the police fro him,” Sam said

“Because of all the other circu that the Viscount owns the warehouse where the ht into it Which brings me to my next point The car show in London The cameras worked up until the fire alarm sounded as the distraction to empty the convention hall A little too convenient that suddenly there was a malfunction, and no video exists of the theft Also, the video fro up to it were deleted”

Sareed,” Sam said “Too convenient”

“It gets even uard who had access to the cameras? He’s the chap found dead at the Manchester warehouse fire Autopsy still pending”

“Anything on him?”

“Not yet Scotland Yard’s working on restoring the digital i up to the fire alarator has so far”