![]() ![]() After two days, Ramsey calls Ellie to his office and tells her that there’s no doubt the woman was murdered a puncture behind one of her ears led to the discovery that she’d been injected with a poisonous toxin. She opens the bracelet and the tiny locket that’s attached to it, although the major takes care to see she doesn’t get a glimpse of what’s inside and sends her home. The major came to ask for Ellie’s uncle Mick’s help, but he is away and out of touch, so Ramsey reluctantly takes Ellie to the morgue to try her luck. ![]() It’s locked, and thus far the military’s efforts to unlock it have been unsuccessful. She had no identification on her but was wearing an unusual bracelet. Ramsey tells Ellie that the body of a young woman was found floating in the Thames. So successful, in fact, that he’s returned to ask for their help. They were recruited a short time earlier by Major Gabriel Ramsey for their undeniable abilities, and their first job for him had been very successful. Before the war they were famous, or infamous, for their ability to break into safes that were previously thought to be burglar-proof, but now they are (mostly) taking legal jobs as part of the war effort. ![]() That is going to change quickly, however, and Electra McDonnell is about to play a part in the fight against the enemy.Įllie is a member of the safecracking McDonnell family. ![]() The war has been going on for a year, but thus far England’s capital has been pretty much spared. It’s 1940 London, and the city is on edge waiting for the much-feared German bombing to begin. ![]()
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