Without Trace
Without Trace uses real locations where possible. These are shown against the first chapter in which they appear.
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The Trafalgar Tavern on the Thames in Greenwich.
The statue opposite the Royal Opera House
The weir on the River Dee in Chester where gulls are often seen.
Westminster underground station
One of Piranesi's imagined prisons. Drake thinks the station reminds him of these drawings. They had been a favourite of his wife, Cynthia.
Victor Gagliano's theatre is imaginary but it is designed by the great theatre architect, William Sprague. The Lyceum in Sheffield is also by Sprague so our imaginary theatre would look like this.
Sprague's magnificent interior for the Lyceum.
Drake goes to an opera in The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden where Lord MacCraken was last seen.
The Hotel Krasnapolski in Dam Square in Amsterdam where Grace has her little adventure.
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. The street where Grace's adventure continues.
Drake's view from the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney.
The waiter in the hotel describes the layout of Sydney Harbour to Drake.
Drake leaves his hotel on the right and walks down many steps before passing the gallery and the jacaranda trees to go around Circular Quay
He takes one of the famous Sydney Harbour Ferries across to Taronga Zoo.
Sydney Botanical Gardens
Probably the famous opera in the world.
The great flights of stairs to reach the bars and upper levels of the Opera House.
The Sydney Youth Hostel.
The Pyramid Tropical Orchid House in Sydney Botannical Gardens. (now demolished)
Henley on Thames.
The Georgian terrace in Henley.
Henley Town Hall.
The Queen's suspension bridge over the Dee in Chester, looking towards the Groves where Katie was walking.
The Queen's suspension bridge as Drake approached it from Handbridge.
The Chester Grosvenor Hotel in Eastgate
The interior of the Grosvenor Hotel.
The whole of the Deva University campus is imaginary. The SEABU building has architecture similar to this.
The beautiful Eastgate as seen from Foregate Street. Drake walks under here to get to the Grosvenor Hotel.
Sheng Tian has a house like this one in Whitchurch Road.
Drake talks to the owner of a pleasure steamer on the River Dee like this one.
The old police station in Singapore.
Arab Street in the Bugis area of Singapore. Drake walks around here.
The world-famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore where Drake goes to meet his daughter Lucy.
Drake and Lucy have lunch in the Tiffany Room.
The view from The Cross in the foreground. Miss Simpson is told to walk from here to The Grosvenor Hotel which is on the right just before the Eastgate.
Lucy takes Drake on a trip down Boat Quay in Singapore. They go on a bumboat like these.
Drake, his daughter Lucy and son, Tom have a meal at one of these restaurants overlooking Boat Quay.
The Countess of Chester Hospital where Grace was taken.
The Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore where Drake meets Wo Dao Rui.
The Perenakan dresses that Wo Dao Rui shows to Drake. The upper garment is known as a Kebab. Drake will encounter this again later.
Buildings in Bridge Street Chester. A cafe is in one of these buildings where Grace and Martin Henshaw had salads.
Later Grace went into the basement of a building across the street.
The Cross in Chester. It stands at the junction between the four main streets.
Another part of Bridge Street showing the famous Rows. This high level sheltered walkway can be found round much of the centre of Chester. Drake found The Orient shop here.
The bandstand in the Groves in Chester. Drake looked down on it from the suspension bridge.