A Degree of Death
A Degree of Death uses real locations where possible. These are shown against the first chapter in which they appear.
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Cheshire is known for having black and white railings often surrounding black and white cows.
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Chester is also known for having black and white buildings, many of them old and most of them beautiful.
The weir on the River Dee in Chester where gulls are often seen.
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. He finds the shop for Asian Art and Antiques (AAA).
The world-famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore where Drake goes to meet his daughter Lucy.
Drake and Lucy have lunch in the Tiffany Room.
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 Kebaya. 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.
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.