A Fatal Attachment
“The small council estate on which Molly Kegan lived and brought up her children swelled the population by a hundred or so, and when one walked it one realized that the main street had sprouted appendages: a crescent of semis nestled behind the pub, two or three stumps of roads leading to nowhere were bordered by pre-and post-war family housing. Even so Mike Oddie estimated that the number of souls living within the village area would amount to well under a thousand.
“The new sheriff and his dep...uty come to town,” murmured Charlie as they turned again into the main street. “And everyone waits, and watches, and wonders.”
“Nonsense—we’re the FBI,” said Oddie. “Sent to the Deep South and wondering what makes people tick there. What say we take half an hour off for a pint, and see if there is any village gossip to be gleaned?”
But when he turned his head in Charlie’s direction he saw that something else had seized the constable’s attention.
“Someone wants to talk to us,”MoreLess
“The new sheriff and his dep...uty come to town,” murmured Charlie as they turned again into the main street. “And everyone waits, and watches, and wonders.”
“Nonsense—we’re the FBI,” said Oddie. “Sent to the Deep South and wondering what makes people tick there. What say we take half an hour off for a pint, and see if there is any village gossip to be gleaned?”
But when he turned his head in Charlie’s direction he saw that something else had seized the constable’s attention.
“Someone wants to talk to us,”MoreLess
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