Career of Evil Chapter 1

General Setting

 * Career of Evil opens on Sunday April 3, 2011 around 11am to 12noon with the killer standing against a short wall across the street from Robin and Mathew's flat. The flat is located west of central London in West Eailing, a neighborhood in the greater London borough of Eailing .
 * The weather at 11am was about 60F with a 10mph South wind. The high was about 64F. Likely broken clouds, no precipitation.
 * View the Interactive Map of the area.

The Ellacott / Cunliffe Flat
The most likely location for Robin Ellacott and Mathew Cunliffe's flat is located at 35 Hastings road West Ealing, London. Most characteristics fit with the description. This is the only 3 story building on Hastings road that matches.

Hastings Road
The killer is standing against a low wall watching the flat across the street

While he watches the flat he is looking at his fingers and noticing a "parenthesis" of dried blood under his middle fingernail...

Robin and Matt leave the flat and head off down Hastings Road. They are on their way to catch a bus to a Rugby match. while the Killer follows behind...

Route To Number 83 Bus Stop
The curry house and the grocer's do not seem to exist, at least as fars as it can be determined from Google Street View. There are some kiosks across the street from the stop but they are loacated on the oposite side of a barrier. The narrative seems to be saying that the killier is within a few yards of Robin and Matt. It is also unclear why Robin and Matt had to walk this far for the Number 83 because there are stops all along The Broadway.

While riding the bus and watching Robin and Matt, the bus stops and some men get on with red and black Rugby shirts. This seems like a nod to a life altering event in the killers past but it's not fully explored or clearly defined at this point.

The narrative does not specificlly say at this point but in the next chapter Robin is having an angry internal dialog about the rugby match of the previous day. Based on the Saracens jerseys the group of men are wearing. And the fact that Matt mentions Wembely Central, Robin and Matt appear to be going to the Saracens vs. Bath Rugby Rugby match at Vicarage Road Stadium. Saracens vs. Bath Rugby April 2, 2011

Notable Words and Phrases
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