Solicitor: lawyer
Sun cream: sun lotion
Takeaway: takeout food
The Boat Race: famous rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge universities
The tube or underground: subway
Tod: on one’s own
To-do: a commotion
Torch: flashlight
Tweedledum and Tweedledee: characters in an English nursery rhyme
UHT: ultra heat treated milk for long life
UKIP: political party wanting UK to leave European Union
Wee: little (Scottish)
CHARACTER LIST
Tyrone Swift Private detective, 38 years old, lives in London. Used to work for the Metropolitan police and Interpol.
Mary Adair Swift’s cousin. Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan police.
Joyce Swift Swift’s well-meaning but annoying stepmother.
Carmen Langborne The widow of Lord Justice Neville Langborne. She is in her sixties and has gone missing.
Florence Davenport Daughter of Neville Langborne. She is Carmen Langborne’s stepdaughter and engages Swift to find her missing stepmother.
Paul Davenport Florence Davenport’s husband and may have a motive for harming Carmen Langborne.
Rupert Langborne Son of Neville Langborne. A Permanent Secretary in the Civil Service and Florence Davenport’s brother. He may have a motive for harming his stepmother.
Ronnie Farley Carmen Langborne’s housekeeper.
Ruth Taylor Swift’s ex fiancée and the centre of his complicated love life.
Nora Morrow A detective inspector in the Metropolitan police. She is in charge of the Carmen Langborne case.
Mark Gill An ex-colleague of Swift’s, still working in the Metropolitan police.
Cedric Sheridan Swift’s tenant and friend.
Oliver Sheridan Cedric’s abusive son.
Ed Boyce A young man who has engaged Swift because he believes his ex-girlfriend is stalking him.
Rachel Breen Ed Boyce’s ex-girlfriend.
Charisse Lomar She was a carer in a care home and Carmen Langborne was instrumental in having her sacked.
Vincent Lomar Charisse Lomar’s husband; a violent man, he may have a motive for harming Carmen Langborne.
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