The Legal Talent

Talent Universe Series 6
Maisie finally has to do the Legal training suggested some years earlier. Why is there a sudden urgency? Is it because someone shot at a delegation from Morglun?
The start of this story is set almost three years after "The Master's Talent".
With a nod to Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and also Ursula Le Guin.
Summer 2024 revision.
The photo montage is "Capitol by Night".
About 53,700 words.