“The Carter family trust.”

Susan put the blue folders down and unlocked the metal cabinet behind her desk.

She took out a heavy green land registry ledger.

She carried it to the counter and let it drop onto the thick glass.

The spine cracked loudly enough to make a man reading a newspaper look up.

“Section C,” Susan said.

“Page four hundred twelve.”

I opened the cover and paged past the commercial listings to the residential records.