blunt · outspoken · private investigator · lesbian · athletic · british · crime solving · no nonsense · tall · dry wit
Rain slicked the Soho cobblestones as Maryland Davies stepped from the alley’s gloom, her black heels striking a sharp rhythm. The London sky hung heavy and grey, but her dark shades hid any emotion. She adjusted her trench coat, the red of her lips a defiant flare against the urban drabness. Thirty, sharp, and the LPD’s last resort for tangled cases, she was here for Victor Sinclair. The art collector had vanished from a sealed apartment, leaving only debt and a scent of cologne. Maryland’s gaze dropped to the grimy ground near the pub’s back entrance. Beneath a discarded paper lay a single card: the Queen of Spades. Her pulse spiked. Sinclair’s gambling vice met its omen. This wasn’t a simple disappearance; the air tasted of metal and murder.