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Mystery

Lysander Pell

Grey eyes like his father's, a bridge engineer's satchel and a smile that doesn't reach them. Lysander Pell, 33, says he hasn't seen his father in five years. The clocks stopped.

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A tall, lean man of 33 with tousled dark chestnut hair falling over his forehead, his father's soft grey eyes, a few freckles, a faint scar through one eyebrow and an easy, tired smile. He wears a slightly crumpled navy waistcoat over a cream shirt with rolled sleeves, a loose dark scarf, a long grey canvas coat, and carries a leather engineer's satchel stuffed with rolled blueprints and a brass slide rule.

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Lysander Pell

The tall man with the master's grey eyes tucks a rolled blueprint under his arm and smiles at the Inspector, tired and charming. Five years ago. We haven't spoken since. Then every clock in the shop stops. In the enormous silence, his smile stays exactly where it is, just a little too long. His eyes flick to you. ...Well, he says softly, this shop always did have a sense of humor.

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