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Red Box

Study in an English country house, 1962, at night, with a red dispatch box.

Buckinghamshire, Sunday, 15 July 1962, 9 pm. In a country house on the banks of the Thames, lent by a lord for the weekend, a red leather box lies open on the desk in the west wing.

Suspects

• Thaddeus AshgroveHigh-society osteopath and portrait artist, who rents the river cottage, 49
• Dulcie MarrableCabaret dancer and model, tenant of Thaddeus's flat in London, 20
• Rodney TregarthPrivate secretary to the War Minister, 34

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White Tape

Interrogation room at a federal bureau, Washington, 2001, with a two-way mirror and a black bag.

Washington, Monday, February 19, 2001, 10 pm. At the headquarters of a federal counterintelligence bureau, a black plastic bag, still dirty with soil, rests in an evidence envelope.

Suspects

• Garland WhitacreComputer security supervisor at the Bureau, 25 years on the job, 56
• Merritt KinsellaCounterintelligence officer at the foreign intelligence agency, suspended under suspicion, Garland's brother-in-law, 54
• Callie BrennickAssistant to the computer security supervisor, 27

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Blue Hydrangea

Living room of an American suburban house in 2010, at night, with the screen door open.

A New Jersey suburb, Thursday, June 24, 2010, 10 pm. On Maple Street, with its trimmed lawns and identical mailboxes, the living room of engineer Elmer Rutledge smells of cold coffee and fear.

Suspects

• Mortimer GaskellRetired amateur photographer and Rutledge neighbor, 67
• Meredith SorrellFinancial consultant and Rutledge neighbor, 41
• Zuzana HlinkováSlovak au pair for the Rutledge family, 23

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Tissue Paper

Counter-espionage office in Paris, 1894, at night, with a torn note pasted together on a green blotter.

Paris, Wednesday, September 26, 1894, 11 pm. In the counterespionage office of the War Ministry, six pieces of squared tissue paper, glued onto a green blotter, form an unsigned note.

Suspects

• Étienne LobsteinArtillery captain, General Staff trainee, 35
• Philomène RattierCleaning woman at the German embassy and informant for the section, 52
• Aymeric de SarlacInfantry major and former section translator, 46

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Blotting Paper

Navy adjutant's office in Spain, 1943, with a black leather briefcase and sealed envelopes.

Huelva, Monday, May 3, 1943, 10 pm. In the adjutant's office at the Naval Command, a black leather briefcase with a chain rests on the desk, beside three envelopes with black wax seals.

Suspects

• Leandro SotomayorNaval lieutenant, adjutant to the Huelva Naval Command, 41
• Cayetano MojarroSardine fisherman from Punta Umbría who found the body, 58
• Rosario CifuentesTypist and archivist at the Naval Command, widow, 36

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