just saying… it might not actually be there.
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @theMorehou©e
wtf????
Morehouse @theMorehou©e
replying to @rachledbadly
it’s a working hypothesis, that’s all. There’s some scepticism.
‘Have you got to the Morehouse astronomy stuff yet?’ asked Robin.
‘Just reached it.’
‘I’ve been kicking myself, because I noticed some of their interactions – I told you, remember? The schoolgirl Morehouse talked to? But I never joined the dots.’
Seeing that Strike didn’t appear to have connected them yet either, she said, ‘Keep going.’
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
Really looking forward to the game tomorrow, my father supports the Blues and I support the Whites and I genuinely want to see us SMASH them.
5.45 pm 18 December 2012
Ron Briars @ronbriars_1962
replying to @rachledbadly
How did you and your dad end up on opposite sides of that hundred years war?!
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @ronbriars_1962
He left when I was 12 and me and my mum moved to Leeds to be with her family.
5.57 pm 18 December 2012
Ron Briars @ronbriars_1962
replying to @rachledbadly
Ah ok. It’s a bit personal, then?
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @ronbriars_1962
Just a bit.
‘Wait,’ said Strike, looking up at Robin, who was now smiling at him. ‘Leeds United? Her dad called her a fiend from hell?’
‘And her mother’s got lupus,’ said Robin, ‘and Gus just told us his father talks to a woman called Rachel.’
‘How’s that relevant?’
‘Strike, ignore “Penny Peacock” and look at her handle.’
Strike looked down at the next two tweets.
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
Shit. SHIT.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT #LeedsvChelsea
9.32 pm 18 December 2012
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
Great and there’s my father texting me. He can’t remember my birthday but he’ll text to gloat that fucking Chelsea won.
‘Rachled—’ he began. ‘Wait. “Rach led badly” – as opposed to—?’
‘Rach led well,’ said Robin, beaming. ‘Keep reading.’
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
If you had a famous relative u never met would you get in touch with them
9.13 pm 28 January 2013
Julius @i_am_evola
replying to @rachledbadly
not if I looked like you. They’d wonder why Ringo Starr had turned up on their doorstep dressed in a skirt
‘Ready to order?’ asked the waiter brightly, appearing once again at their table.
‘No, sorry,’ said Robin, hastily pulling the printed sheet towards her and choosing spaghetti with pesto at random.
‘Order me something filling but not fattening,’ said Strike without looking up, because he was now absorbed in a lengthy Twitter thread that Robin had screenshotted in segments. His request wasn’t an easy one to fulficlass="underline" the menu, which included items Strike would undoubtedly have loved, like pork belly and battered cod, wasn’t very diet-friendly. Robin asked for a steak with salad instead of chips, and the waiter departed.
‘Where are you?’ she asked Strike.
‘On the long one about Ledwell lying about being broke,’ he said.
Anomie
@AnomieGamemaster
Those buying Fedwell’s sob stories of poverty should know her well-off uncle gave her 2 big lots of cash in early noughties. #EdieLiesWell
10.30 pm 26 April 2013
Moonyspoons @m<>nyspoons
replying to @AnomieGamemaster
Always thought there was something fishy about that homeless shit. #IStandWithJosh #EdieLiesWell
10.32 pm 26 April 2013
Yasmin Weatherhead @YazzyWeathers
replying to @AnomieGamemaster
I think she was skint but nowhere near what she pretends. Eg, I don’t buy the homeless bit.
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @YazzyWeathers @AnomieGamemaster
she’s not lying. She really was down and out
Lepine’s Disciple @LepinesD1sciple
replying to @rachledbadly @YazzyWeathers
@AnomieGamemaster
she went down for £££ we heard
Max R @mreger#5
Not proud of it, but I paid @EdLedDraws for a blow job back in 2002.
Julius @i_am_evola
replying to @LepinesD1sciple @rachledbadly
@YazzyWeathers @AnomieGamemaster
#OnTheGame 
Johnny B @jbaldw1n1>>
replying to @LepinesD1sciple @rachledbadly
@YazzyWeathers @AnomieGamemaster
#GreedieSucksWell 
Max R @mreger#5
replying to @LepinesD1sciple @rachledbadly
@YazzyWeathers @AnomieGamemaster
I’m not the only one, apparently she sucks off her Dutch landlord instead of paying rent #OnTheGame
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @mreger#5 @LepinesD1sciple @YazzyWeathers
@AnomieGamemaster
seriously fuck off the lot of you
Moonyspoons @m<>nyspoons
replying to @rachledbadly @mreger#5 @YazzyWeathers
@AnomieGamemaster
I’m so over Ledwell and her defenders. She is a disgusting bigot and a proven liar
Penny Peacock @rachledbadly
replying to @m<>nyspoons @mreger#5 @LepinesD1sciple
@YazzyWeathers @AnomieGamemaster
Well I know her family and I know she’s telling the truth so piss off
Just as Strike looked up to say something, Robin, who’d closed the screen on her iPad showing the game, and opened Twitter instead, gave a small gasp.
‘Hang on,’ she said, ‘keep reading. I need to answer something.’
Strike did as he was told, and Robin read Rachel Ledwell’s three-word response to her direct message, which Robin had sent from a Twitter account she’d created that afternoon for the purpose, called @StopAnomie.
Who are you?
Penny Peacock
A woman who thinks Anomie’s done enough damage to this fandom and should be stopped.
Stop Anomie
She waited with bated breath, but no further message from Rachel appeared. She looked up at Strike.
‘Where are you now?’