She waits long enough to receive her file sent from Japan and then takes off on a dangerous journey that sees her visit New York, Reykjavik, Rotterdam and back to England. When Wada checks herself out of the hospital and returns to her hotel, she finds that her room has been broken in and items she put in hotel safe are stolen. Nick is an art teacher whose Easter break has turned into an unforeseen mission and journey to the past, after a phone call from Martin Caldwell. Looks like another chain of events have started that involve the same people and now their offspring – including Nick Miller. Barry gives her the background of events that happened forty years ago – involving eight resident students who shared a house. Wada is taken to hospital, where the retired journalist Barry Holgate pays her a visit. Wada fights back and when the noise attracts the neighbours and police, the attacker runs away. While there, she is attacked by a Japanese man. Next day, she travels to his home address and breaks into his flat. Wada goes ahead to keep his appointment with Caldwell, but he doesn’t show up. Although he agrees to send the file to London.

The lawyer’s message is clear: this trip is dangerous, better walk away now. Kodaka left a file with the lawyer, for Wada. Kodaka-san was killed by a hit-and-run driver while she was travelling, and it was not an accident. When Wada arrives in London, she has a message waiting for her to call their detective firm’s lawyer. Martin has some information to share about Mimori Takenaga’s father who allegedly committed suicide nearly forty years ago.Īs Wada is fluent in English, they decide to send Wada to London for the meeting. Then Mimori Takenaga comes to Kodaka detective agency with a request to meet a man called Martin Caldwell, in London. A middle-aged woman who now sees herself as Wada, instead of Miss Umiko or Ms Wada, she is quite at peace with her life. Umiko Wada works for a private detective based in Tokyo.

The little, cunning animal is still here – almost a signature element now on the cover pages of this series. The cover page of this book continues the minimalistic theme with a beige background outline in green and the title and author’s name in the colors Red, black and green. The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard | Book Cover

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