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Hostage Vine

Winery vat room in Burgundy at night, with oak casks and a pencil map on the table.

Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, Friday, February 12, 2010, 11 pm. In the cuverie of the Domaine du Clos-Sabrier, among oak vats, an open cardboard tube lies on the table next to an unrolled pencil map.

Suspects

• Anatole VigierTemporary pruner on the winter pruning crew, former student of the Beaune viticulture school, 57
• Germain MaréchalVineyard manager of the Domaine du Clos-Sabrier, 46
• Coralie FesneauManagement assistant, handles the mail, the days off and the pruners' gîte, 36

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Kart Box

Glass meeting room at a racing team's factory in Turin, with technical drawings.

Turin, Monday, 25 June 2007, 10 pm. In the boardroom of the Scuderia Ardesia factory, two printed sheets lie on the table: the drawing of the 2007 car's floor and the weight distribution table.

Suspects

• Donatella CornagliaChief aerodynamics engineer at Scuderia Ardesia, author of the technical dossier, 41
• Ugo PesaventoFormer pit crew chief, now in performance development at the factory, 49
• Sabrina OddoneLogistics coordinator at Scuderia Ardesia, 33

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White Motorbike

Branch manager's office in a Tokyo bank, 1968, at night, with a dial phone and rain on the window.

Tokyo, Tuesday, December 10, 1968, 9 pm. The rain has not stopped all day. In the manager's office of a Minori Trust Bank branch on the western edge of the city, the telephone keeps ringing.

Suspects

• Masaru OgiwaraBank driver, 54
• Sumiko HatanakaBranch manager's secretary, 31
• Akio NagaseBranch office boy, 22

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Resealed

Seafront hotel bar in Beirut, 1963, at night, still ceiling fans and a freighter.

Beirut, Tuesday, January 22, 1963, 11 pm. In the bar of a seaside hotel, foreign correspondents drink gin and watch the lights of the harbor. A lit-up Soviet freighter waits for the tide.

Suspects

• Crispin LedyardCorrespondent in Beirut for a London weekly and paid embassy informant, 51 years old
• Fenella MarchbankCipher clerk at the British embassy in Beirut, 29 years old
• Boutros TannousHotel barman and hired waiter at the correspondents' dinners, 44 years old

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Lilac Paper

Salon of a luxury Paris suite, 1917, at night, with a screen hung with dance costumes and blackout curtains.

Paris, Wednesday, 7 February 1917, 11 pm. In suite 112 of the Hôtel Bellerive, on the most elegant avenue in Paris, there are still flowers from an admirer and a smell of face powder. Outside, the city is turning off its lights because of the zeppelins.

Suspects

• Aurèle CastaingCounterespionage lieutenant, aide to Captain Brémont, 29
• Vibeke ThorsagerDanish dancer who performs as "Anjali", owner of suite 112, 40
• Godelieve VanhaeckeVibeke's maid and dresser, Belgian refugee, 46

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