Synopsis

Conway was taken aback when an elderly man, Charles Arthur Cullen – a former police officer – appeared at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claimed to have discovered on the street. He asked Hollis to independently verify the sum, but the count yielded only £499,920. As Rickman recounted the money, Conway decided to investigate; such an honest claim seemed implausible. He learned that the land where the money was found had recently been acquired by the Metrop