February 13th On This Day in #Strike & #Ellacott On Friday 13th February 2015, players of Drek's Game celebrate Edie Ledwell's murder at the Circle of Lebanon. The moderator channel has a mixed response at the news. "Worm28: It can ’t be true can it ? Worm28: oh god I can’t stop cryign Worm28: it can ’t be true Morehouse: I think it must be, Worm" Ch 11 The Ink Black Heart In private channels, plots are brewing. Paperwhite: Morehouse I know you’re angry but talk to me Morehouse: you’ve worried you’ll be suspected? Paperwhite: I wish I hadn’t said I’d guessed where they’d meet Paperwhite: I just thought it was obvious" Ch 11 IBH On Denmark Street, The Agency's team meeting discusses the Legs & Groomer case. "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭. 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩.’ ‘𝘏𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴,’ 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷. ‘𝘈 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵,’ 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘺." Ch 10 IBH And The Agency is expanding. " ...𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?’ ‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵,’ 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬. ‘𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯,’ 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴." Ch 10 Make a note; Dev is the second sub-contractor to mention needing more money in this book. As the meeting concludes Robin finds out that Edie Ledwell is dead and Josh Blay seriously injured. "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱. ‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳?’ 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. ‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 – 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 – 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭? 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥." Ch 10 DCI Ryan Murphy ".. 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵." arrives with a colleague to interview Robin as a witness. "Strike listened to Robin’s account in silence while drinking his tea. He felt a certain pride in her powers of observation and in the methodical way she took the officer through the brief encounter." Ch 12 "You noticed her boots needed re-heeling?’ asked Murphy. His upper lip was thicker than his lower, which added a kind of sweetness to a face that was otherwise all angles.." Ch 12 Strike & Robin leave the office together, Robin distracted enough not to notice his backpack. Strike heads to Pimlico, home to Madeline Courson-Miles and her son Henry. In true Strike fashion, he initiates a conversation with a teenager he'd rather ignore once he knows he has some Ink Black Heart gen. Strike watches some Wally Cardew videos, listens to Madeline bore on, has sex, makes a pecorino sandwich and tunes into Cardew's live stream where he and sidekick M.J discuss, with the worst possible taste, Ledwell's murder. "𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘑 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 ... dmitriplayssax: Wally say hi to me Dmitri PokerFac£: wally r u fucking kea niven? LepinesDisciple: I killed Ledwell TattyB: yeah, not actually sad an ableist racist died" Ch 13 Images: BBC/Bronte

February 12th On This Day in #Strike & #Ellacott 2015 "Anomie: I’ve got to be somewhere later. Can you cover? Vilepechora: sorry, dude, got a work meeting ... get Morehouse to do it Anomie: he’s got a thing on, he can’t" ****** Fiendy1: what’s happened? Hartella: Josh just texted me. He and Ledwell are going to meet face-to-face this afternoon. She’s still denying it, so he’s going to take the dossier and show it to her. Fiendy1: whoa Worm28: OMFG Vilepechora: FKN EXCELLENT! LordDrek: she’s not gonna be able to bullshit her way out of this one Paperwhite: where are they gonna meet? Hartella: can’t tell you that, sorry Paperwhite: because you don’t know or? Hartella: because Josh trusts me not to say ... ... Hartella: when this gets out the fandom’s explode LordDrek: yeah. is JB going to let you know how it goes? Hartella: yes, he said he would. LordDrek: fuck, this feels like Christmas Eve" Chapter 9 #TheInkBlackHeart Edie Ledwell and Josh Blay are attacked at their meeting place in Highgate Cemetery by an unknown assailant, leaving Josh with life threatening injuries and Edie dead. Images: Jacob Abraham as Josh Blay & a mysterious masked man taking a break at Highgate Cemetery & preparing for the scene recounted by Josh from his hospital bed in Episode 2 - mine from March 2024 BBC/Bronte's adaptation of The Ink Black Heart Ep 2 This week, all the episodes will have aired across the Atlantic, so look out for episode summaries, TV location photos and behind the scenes photos of the filming, coming soon from the Strike Fans website - link in comments 🖤

J - she says she doesn't know you can ask Dr Searle, NC - I will J - she is a senior Dr. It's difficult for this witness to answer these qu, she's not got a Dr degree, not to downplay nurses quals but it's different.