The Ambassador's Boots

Partners in Crime

This flow traces a baffling luggage substitution into the discovery that diplomatic baggage was being used to move cocaine and stolen harbor plans.

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An Unexplained Exchange An Unexplained Exchange from "Partners in Crime". An Unexplained Exchange Two Similar Bags Randolph Wilmott reports that his kitbag was confused with one attributed to Senator Westerham.

An Unexplained Exchange from "Partners in Crime". An Unexplained Exchange Two Similar Bags Randolph Wilmott reports that his kitbag was confused with one attributed to Senator Westerham.

An Unexplained Exchange Two Similar Bags Randolph Wilmott reports that his kitbag was confused with one attributed to Senator Westerham. The supposed mistake is corrected quickly, and nothing appears missing. A Puzzle of Boots The bag chiefly contained boots, an oddly unpromising target for spies. Tommy and Tuppence wonder why anyone would arrange such a complicated exchange.

A Passenger's Faint A Passenger's Faint from "Partners in Crime". A Passenger's Faint An Interrupted Scene Richards recalls Eileen O'Hara fainting outside Wilmott's cabin while he fetched a doctor.

A Passenger's Faint from "Partners in Crime". A Passenger's Faint An Interrupted Scene Richards recalls Eileen O'Hara fainting outside Wilmott's cabin while he fetched a doctor.

A Passenger's Faint An Interrupted Scene Richards recalls Eileen O'Hara fainting outside Wilmott's cabin while he fetched a doctor. The timing offered an opportunity for someone to enter the cabin unnoticed. Suspicion Redirected The apparently incidental memory leads Tommy to advertise for information. The case's solution depends on asking why the bag mattered to someone else.

The Boot Paper The Boot Paper from "Partners in Crime". The Boot Paper A Witness Comes Forward Cicely March says she saw a woman cut open a boot lining and hide a folded paper.

The Boot Paper from "Partners in Crime". The Boot Paper A Witness Comes Forward Cicely March says she saw a woman cut open a boot lining and hide a folded paper.

The Boot Paper A Witness Comes Forward Cicely March says she saw a woman cut open a boot lining and hide a folded paper. She recovered it, then later discovered a concealed design when water revealed the tracing. The Missing Plan Tommy assumes that the diagram concerns harbor defenses. The paper connects the apparently trivial boots to a serious theft and an organized criminal network.

The Attack at the Office The Attack at the Office from "Partners in Crime". The Attack at the Office An Armed Intruder A foreign-looking man threatens Tommy and tries to remove Cicely.

The Attack at the Office from "Partners in Crime". The Attack at the Office An Armed Intruder A foreign-looking man threatens Tommy and tries to remove Cicely.

The Attack at the Office An Armed Intruder A foreign-looking man threatens Tommy and tries to remove Cicely. Albert's lasso brings the attacker down, though the shot nearly strikes Tommy. A Planted Rescue Tommy notices that Cicely is disturbed by the supposed rescue in a way that does not fit her role. He pretends to believe her story while arranging police support.

The Cocaine Operation The Cocaine Operation from "Partners in Crime". The Cocaine Operation The Real Target The suspicious woman is Cicely March in disguise, working with the attacker to protect the smuggling route.

The Cocaine Operation from "Partners in Crime". The Cocaine Operation The Real Target The suspicious woman is Cicely March in disguise, working with the attacker to protect the smuggling route.

The Cocaine Operation The Real Target The suspicious woman is Cicely March in disguise, working with the attacker to protect the smuggling route. Diplomatic baggage offered a way around customs scrutiny. Hidden Stock Revealed Tommy searches the beauty shop's bath-salt tins and finds cocaine beneath the harmless crystals. The operation is exposed, and the harbor plan serves as a decoy to misdirect him.

Randolph Wilmott's consultation

During Tommy's interview with the valet

Two days after Tommy's advertisement

During Cicely's visit

At the beauty shop in Bond Street