Corruption (1988)

The most valuable thing in this City of London thriller may be knowing who will meet whom, and when. Each turn spends a minute while other characters go about their business; FOLLOW and WAIT UNTIL make surveillance an active plan. ASK and TELL also track information, so remembering a fact from a previous attempt does not always count as discovering it in the current one. Save before a tight sequence and retain earlier positions. The corporate conspiracy is rewarding for a patient note-taker, with unforgiving missed steps and old parser conventions to match.