The Trouble With Seduction. Victoria Hanlen
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Название: The Trouble With Seduction
Автор: Victoria Hanlen
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Историческая литература
isbn: 9781474049641
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“How many fires have there been?”
Marbanks dug through a folder and handed him a neatly printed record of addresses, dates and damages. “There were twenty-seven total.”
Damen studied the list. “What started the fires?”
“Various things. Some were unexplained. In the domiciles, stoves and fireplaces were the main culprit.”
“How about the warehouses?”
“I have another sheet here somewhere…” Marbanks fished through a file. “Here it is.” He studied it a moment. “Those have been more difficult to define. Two were caused by lanterns, four have yet to be explained and three were explosions.”
“Explosions?” The word conjured more alarm than a fire. Cory had been searching for an arsonist, yet the word ‘explosions’ seemed to attach greater intent to the villainy. Icy talons scraped down Damen’s spine. What caused them?”
Marbanks glanced at his paper. “Two of the blasts were suspicious in that the tenants claimed the exploded articles were not theirs. The other was an inventor who’d been conducting experiments.”
“Who was this inventor?” Damen held his breath.
Marbanks quickly thumbed through the ledger for the corresponding address and pointed to the name of the tenant. “It says Lord Strathford rented the back portion of the Flatiron warehouse.”
Damen’s pulse quickened and he gulped in air. He squinted at the fuzzy numbers, and rubbed an eye. Strathford had rented a warehouse from his father, and there’d been an explosion? Another chill went down his spine. “When did it happen?”
The man of business pointed to the red printing in one of the ledger columns. “Approximately three years ago.”
Cory’s journal entry had been dated three years before as well.
“As I recall” – Marbanks yanked off his glasses and polished them with his handkerchief – “there was a confusing story about a young woman’s disappearance after the fire.”
“Did I mention if I intended to investigate her disappearance further?” Damen asked.
“As a matter of fact, yes. You seemed to know the woman.”
“Another woman,” Damen muttered to himself. How did Cory keep them all straight? “What was her name?”
“I thought I heard you say Mary Turner.”
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