Strike spends New Year’s Eve in the Stapleton Tavern in Haringey.
The pub is located at the very edge of the Borough of Haringey, between Crouch Hill and Stroud Green.
Strike is watching Plug drinking in the New Year ‘with a group of equally rough-looking friends’ (Chapter 42).
At the same time as watching Plug, Strike spends the evening texting back and forth with a drunk Jade Semple, attempting to persuade her into a meeting. His motivation for securing this meeting isn’t so much related to solving the case, but to provide a reason for him and Robin to go on a long road trip together.
Strike eventually arrives back in Denmark Street at 3 am, to find the office door has been graffitied.
Later, Midge is on surveillance of Plug who is once again in the Stapleton Tavern. She calls Strike and Robin to tell them that she has overheard Plug and his mates ‘planning a stabbing’ (Chapter 97).
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