Pendragon and Pruitt have been called to Buckingham Palace to
investigate the murder of a young soldier of the Queen's Guard and his
wife. Pendragon ensures the major in charge that he will solve the case
in three days. Taken to the scene of the crime by Sergeant McReady of
the Guards, Pendragon begins his investigation. It isn't long before
Inspector Varcoe of Scotland Yard is there telling them to be gone.
However, McReady stands his ground.
Returning home, the pair find a woman who is prepared to pay them an
outlandish amount to find her missing dog. Meanwhile Pruitt gets his
hands on the file of autopsy report on the young soldier and takes it to
Pendragon. Not long after the police show up demanding the file back.
Checking up on the woman whom the soldier was supposedly having an
affair with, turns into a dead end. However, there are other leads to
follow.
A quick read with a surprising conclusion. However, there were a couple
of things that I took umbrage with. Author Gregory Harris had the
major call the empire a republic. No British major would have ever said
anything like that! Also, there are no hummingbirds in England. As I
said about his first book, "The Arnifour Affair", a fair read.
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