Alex Verus Novels, Books 1-4 (9780698175952) (2014)
“I felt awful. My muscles were like water and my head was dizzy. I felt like I’d caught a fever, starved for two weeks, then gotten the worst hangover of my life to top it off. As soon as I realised how bad I felt my first reaction was to try to go back to sleep.
I stayed like that for a while, drifting in and out of consciousness. What finally pushed me awake was realising how hungry I was. I opened my eyes.
It was morning and bright sunlight was streaming through the window. There was ...something odd about the quiet, and it took me a moment to realise what was missing: the background hum of the city. I wasn’t in London anymore.
I was in a guest room with plain white walls and I was lying in a bed. I was still wearing my clothes but my shoes had been taken off, and looking to one side I could see that the contents of my pockets had been neatly stacked on a bedside table. The room was familiar, as was the sound of the river outside, and a moment later I realised where I was: my safe house in Wales.MoreLess
I stayed like that for a while, drifting in and out of consciousness. What finally pushed me awake was realising how hungry I was. I opened my eyes.
It was morning and bright sunlight was streaming through the window. There was ...something odd about the quiet, and it took me a moment to realise what was missing: the background hum of the city. I wasn’t in London anymore.
I was in a guest room with plain white walls and I was lying in a bed. I was still wearing my clothes but my shoes had been taken off, and looking to one side I could see that the contents of my pockets had been neatly stacked on a bedside table. The room was familiar, as was the sound of the river outside, and a moment later I realised where I was: my safe house in Wales.MoreLess
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