Leveson-Gower

It would be easy enough to nominate Roger Leveson-Gower as the most likely candidate, but he had not one smidgen of hard evidence.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

Jimmy Dawson wore his hair in a pony-tail and looked to be in his late twenties, but those were the only similarities immediately apparent between Dawson and his friend Roger Leveson-Gower.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

But first I want you to trace the lovely Roger Leveson-Gower.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

If not for the mask of irritation etched into her features, Mrs. Leveson-Gower would have been a strikingly beautiful woman.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

Mrs. Leveson-Gower opened her mouth to protest, then shrugged.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

Kincaid had said that Roger Leveson-Gower lived with his mum.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

And as thorough a rotter as Leveson-Gower was, he was too sly to get caught at anything really serious.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

They faced each other silently across the expanse of white carpet like participants in a duel, then Mrs. Leveson-Gower left the room, without word or look to Gemma.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

Mrs. Leveson-Gower sank down on one of the white sofas, crossed her knees and propped a foot on the edge of a glass and chrome coffee table.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994

“Mrs. Leveson-Gower,” Gemma said, pronouncing it ‘Loos-n-gor’ as Kincaid had coached her.

All Shall Be Well Deborah Darden Crombie 1994