Amaryllis Coltraine

Coltraine, Amaryllis (Ammy)

First appears in Origin in Death, Salvation in Death (c. May 2060) and Promises in Death (Spring 2060)

Personal Information

General Description: Magnolia blossom in full bloom. DOB: c. 2027 Age: 33 Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue Address: Apartment 405, 525 West Twenty-third Street, New York City, New York Relationships: July Coltraine (brother); unnamed parents Occupation: Detective third grade NYPSD, Eighteenth squad (House 42)

Description

A stupendously endowed blonde; she had a voice like melted butter and eyes of drowning blue. She has a silky lock of melted butter hair and deep summer blue eyes.

In Salvation in Death, Dallas described her as the Southern belle cop with the big rack. o Detective Magnolia Blossom

She was a slim, athletic built woman with eyes of deep blue. Her blond hair swung past her shoulders, a parted curtain for a lovely face.

Her hands were nicely manicured. o She always wore a ring on the middle finger of her right hand; a square-cut pink

tourmaline, flanked by small green tourmaline baguettes on a silver band. Her parents gave her the ring on her twenty-first birthday. It was a reminder of who and where she'd come from.

Personality

She was smart, capable, organized, steady, and precise; a good cop who did the job and did not live it. She was good with people.

She was feminine, subtle, sexual, and liked pretty things. She was a thinker – she excelled in school and had no black marks or no shiny stars; she

was careful. She liked to walk in the city, to see what was going on and be a part of it; she liked the

night and walking at night; she wanted to learn the saxophone but she had no talent for it so she'd listen to Morris.

History

She transferred to New York from Atlanta a few months ago (just under a year ago) and, according to Morris, she had a serious relationship for over two-years in college. He also said she was seriously involved with someone else before she moved to New York but he never learned the man's name.

She worked a robbery of an antique shop in Atlanta and spoke with the owner of the shop several times. His name was Alex Ricker.

o She narrowed it down to three suspects and, when she attempted to serve warrants, the suspects were gone; the missing antique store items were found in their homes. Within two days, the badly beaten bodies of the three men were found floating in the Chattahoochee River – chained together. Alex was alibied.

o Alex and Ammy became involved, as lovers, for nearly two years and kept the relationship quiet; they'd been separated for about a year when Coltraine was murdered and, according to Alex, they parted as friends. Eve said Alex didn't, or wouldn't, give up his shady operations for her and she couldn't look the other way.

o Roarke said that Alex's lady ("his lady") realized he wasn't going to become fully legitimate. Because of that, she broke it off.

o IAB investigated Coltraine. About nine months before she transferred from Atlanta to New York, photos of Coltraine and Alex Ricker hand-holding and kissing landed on IAB's desk. Webster said they couldn't find any evidence of wrong-doing on either part and they bumped her down in priority.

After Amaryllis and Alex split up, she returned the jewelry he had given her because the jewelry mattered to her. And since they mattered to her, she couldn't keep them.

Family History

Her parents and brother still live in Atlanta. She came from a good background, upper middle-class, single-marriage family.

Homicide Information

TOD: 11:40pm (2340) She was stunned, mid-body in her apartment building stairwell, five floors below her

home. There was no sign of struggle and no visible wounds but for the stunner burns on her throat.

o After she was stunned, she fell to the floor. She was brought back to consciousness with a stimulant before being murdered by her police-issue stunner pressed against her throat and fired.[31]

o She carried both her standard issue weapon and her clutch piece when she went out.

She was murdered by Cleo Grady under the direction of Max Ricker.

Interesting Facts

Makes home-baked fudge brownies - she bakes for relaxation. When asked if he's smitten with her, Morris asks, "Who wouldn't be?"

o In Salvation, Morris was given at least two dozen roses from a woman who is a "very good friend." Eve speculated they were given by Coltraine.

o She thanked Morris with a gleam in her eyes that made it clear she was thanking him for a lot more than a crappy soy product.

o Morris gave Ammy roses and a green-eyed, silky, white-furred, droid cat; she named it Sachmo.

After Eve notified him of Coltraine's murder, Morris said he had been falling in love with her. They were planning to go away for a few days, to Graceland. Throughout Promises, she was repeatedly called "Morris's lady" by several people.

o They had dinner together at Jaq's the night before she died. Eve said she never gave Amaryllis a chance. She was irritated that Morris was stuck on

her but she thinks she would have liked her okay if she had given Ammy more of a chance.

She had a habit of taking the stairs. She used a weasel, Stu Bollimer, who owns a pawnshop on Spring. As they're both from

Georgia, she played the connection. One of her recent cases involved a Chinatown robbery and Denny Su.

The first thing Amaryllis bought herself when she came to New York was a small glass butterfly with its jeweled wings lifted - she said it always made her smile. Morris gave the butterfly to Eve.

YANNI

Origins o According to Origin in Death, Coltraine came to New York from Savannah,

Georgia; according to Promises in Death, she transferred from Atlanta, Georgia.