Elizabeth and Joyce walk along Hampton Road, comparing the houses they pass with the photographs Nick Silver sent Elizabeth. While they search, Joyce distracts herself by talking about browsing expensive homes on Rightmove, which lightens the mood even as they investigate a possible bombing and disappearance.

Ron arrives looking rough, and Joyce brings him up to date: Nick may be dead, and someone had put a bomb under his car. Elizabeth reveals the immediate goal of the trip. She wants to take the bomb back to Coopers Chase so her contact Jasper can examine it and identify whoever planted it, and she has summoned Ron mainly because they need his car to transport it.

The three of them enter Nick Silver's property and follow the driveway to the house from the photographs. Nick's car is parked outside exactly where expected, which seems to confirm they have found the right place. Elizabeth checks underneath it herself, but the bomb is gone.

The chapter ends on that reversal: the house and car are unquestionably Nick Silver's, yet the explosive device that could have provided evidence has already been removed. That missing bomb makes Nick's situation more suspicious and deprives Elizabeth of a direct lead to the attacker.