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Next day, Tom borrows Lucy’s car to retrieve the case from the leasing agent. On the way home, he is convinced that he is being followed by a black Mercedes and during a terrifying chase, he trashes the car, only to find out the Mercedes was just trying to get past him. After an argument, Lucy throws Tom out and installs her Belarusian Zumba teacher, [[Arkady Morozov||Arkady]], in his place. Tom moves into [[Jim Winscombe|his dissolute father’s]] static caravan.
 
Next day, Tom borrows Lucy’s car to retrieve the case from the leasing agent. On the way home, he is convinced that he is being followed by a black Mercedes and during a terrifying chase, he trashes the car, only to find out the Mercedes was just trying to get past him. After an argument, Lucy throws Tom out and installs her Belarusian Zumba teacher, [[Arkady Morozov||Arkady]], in his place. Tom moves into [[Jim Winscombe|his dissolute father’s]] static caravan.
  
Tom takes the case to Dorothy’s office in London, where he meets her abrasive business partner [[Ali MacLehose?||Ali]]. Dorothy and Tom now try to open the six-digit combination lock on the case, during which they spar with each other about numbers and maths in general. They eventually guess the code and the case reveals the manuscript and the mathematical papers, as well as a torn greetings card and Burgess’s notes, which include the address of the Vavasors’ long-lost housekeeper, [[Jennifer Standage||Mrs Standage]]. It also contains a tracking device, which has attracted the attention of a mysterious biker who looks very much like the man Tom encountered in Swindon. Tom manages to smuggle the device onto a passing lorry, deflecting the attention of the biker.
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Tom takes the case to Dorothy’s office in London, where he meets her abrasive business partner [[Ali MacLehose||Ali]]. Dorothy and Tom now try to open the six-digit combination lock on the case, during which they spar with each other about numbers and maths in general. They eventually guess the code and the case reveals the manuscript and the mathematical papers, as well as a torn greetings card and Burgess’s notes, which include the address of the Vavasors’ long-lost housekeeper, [[Jennifer Standage||Mrs Standage]]. It also contains a tracking device, which has attracted the attention of a mysterious biker who looks very much like the man Tom encountered in Swindon. Tom manages to smuggle the device onto a passing lorry, deflecting the attention of the biker.
  
 
Tom now goes to see Mrs Standage but he is too late as she has been poisoned by a pie. He does, however, retrieve her cat, [[µ]], which used to belong to Archie and Pye and which he takes back to Dorothy and Ali. Tom now visits Diana Cheeseman, who is living under 24-hour security. In return for Burgess’s manuscript, she tells Tom her theory that Burgess was deliberately hired to muddy the waters and divert attention away from a big family secret.
 
Tom now goes to see Mrs Standage but he is too late as she has been poisoned by a pie. He does, however, retrieve her cat, [[µ]], which used to belong to Archie and Pye and which he takes back to Dorothy and Ali. Tom now visits Diana Cheeseman, who is living under 24-hour security. In return for Burgess’s manuscript, she tells Tom her theory that Burgess was deliberately hired to muddy the waters and divert attention away from a big family secret.

Revision as of 11:01, 16 November 2020


The Truth About Archie and Pye is a book by Jonathan Pinnock.

Summary of Plot