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Until now there had been nothing to suggest he was rotten but for one entry in his record: political. You didn’t have to break the law to attract the attention of the police.
Being anti-monarchist with a name like König was never going to end well.
In Café Berlin no-one was sober. Those who hadn’t indulged in sparkling wine had powdered their noses with cocaine in the elegant washrooms, and most had done both.
‘That’s what the statements say, two men. Why?’ ‘Strange that one always assumes that criminals are men. The possibility that it could be a woman is all too hastily discarded.’ She considered briefly. ‘There’s something in that,’ she said. ‘Women really are constantly being discriminated against. In every field, even crime.’
