(1990) Sweet Heart
“A quiet south London backwash of unassuming semidetached houses with pebbledash walls. Tidy. Orderly. Two delivery men were unloading a new washing machine from a yellow van. A mother pushed a baby in a pram. Three children raced each other down the pavement on BMX bikes.
She was surprised by the ordinariness. She had been expecting something different, although she did not know what. Something more secretive, sinister.
Number 39 had soup-brown walls, secondary double glazing and an alm...ost smugly neat front garden presided over by a ceramic gnome with a grin on its face like an infant that has just dumped in its nappy. An old estate car was parked outside sagging on its springs, the rear window plastered with faded pennants of English counties.
As she ground through the traffic, Charley resented being in London again. She parked on the shaded side of the street and locked the Citroën with the windows open and the roof partially rolled back for Ben, who barked in protest at being left.MoreLess
She was surprised by the ordinariness. She had been expecting something different, although she did not know what. Something more secretive, sinister.
Number 39 had soup-brown walls, secondary double glazing and an alm...ost smugly neat front garden presided over by a ceramic gnome with a grin on its face like an infant that has just dumped in its nappy. An old estate car was parked outside sagging on its springs, the rear window plastered with faded pennants of English counties.
As she ground through the traffic, Charley resented being in London again. She parked on the shaded side of the street and locked the Citroën with the windows open and the roof partially rolled back for Ben, who barked in protest at being left.MoreLess
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