Mr Atkinson

In the novel Cat Among the Pigeons, Mr Atkinson works at the British Consulate in Ankara. He is sent out to look for Mrs Upjohn, who is travelling by bus in Anatolia. It takes him some two to three days as it was not clear what her itinerary was exactly, and the roads had been cut in places by floods. He finally found her, drove her to Ankara and sent her back to London on a plane.