The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths

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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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From the instant that it was mentioned in Love Story, With Murders that Fi Griffiths had signed up for a course in Undercover work, every reader knew that she'd end up doing some deep undercover work soon. Thankfully, Bingham didn't make us wait too long because here comes both the course and the assignment. But before we get to the assignment, Fi gets this wonderful reality check after her course:

I'm tasked to process paperwork on a couple of cases that are coming to court. Someone assigns me to help on a team that is developing advice on how to avoid thefts from vehicles. The first of our meetings takes an hour and forty minutes and the gist of our advice will be, ‘Lock your car and hide your valuables.' Or, to simplify further, ‘Don't be a bloody idiot.'

I suggest that as a slogan and everyone looks at me.

Brattenbury says, ‘Fiona, this is remarkable work. You—'

Jackson interrupts him. ‘Don't flatter her. She'll cock everything up. Or start shooting people.'

Strange Death