Her eyes were wide, her hands gesturing wildly as she pulled out a notebook from the pile of papers she had been scouring. “This is Tom’s notebook,” she said, almost breathlessly. “He wrote in it when he was still alive. Look, here are clues about his cases, and one particular thing stands out.” Her finger trembled as she pointed to a page in the notebook.
Jason’s eyes widened as he saw what Susan was referring to. There, in his father’s unmistakable handwriting, was a detailed note about a certain napkin. The note mentioned a specific chemical compound, one that his father suspected was a powerful and untraceable poison.