CHAPTER 11
THE BRITISH LIBRARY AND NEW SCOTLAND YARD, LONDON
The beautiful, sunny morning inspired Melanie, and she was determined to take the time to admire her surroundings on her second visit to the British Library. With this in mind, she strode into the piazza with its two-tone pavement designed in squares. From there, she surveyed the building’s red bricks on the outside, which blended in seamlessly with the neighbouring St Pancras Station and the Renaissance Hotel. She took a few photographs with her smartphone. The building, seen from one angle, almost seemed to resemble a great ship. She was right, although she didn’t know that the famous Sir Colin St. John Wilson was a naval lieutenant before becoming an architect.
She strolled over to a stone bench against the low brick wall s
