An Unsuitable Death
““You’ll have to go, because the pair of them have seen Bert and me,” Lambert had said. When Chris had looked suspiciously at Hook, the Sergeant had maintained that inscrutable face, blank but serious, which he seemed to summon up specially for occasions like this. He couldn’t handle the two of them together when they were in playful mood, so without further argument he agreed to go.
The building had once proudly billed itself as the Temperance Billiard Hall, and the fading letters of the ti...tle were still faintly visible over the entrance. The venture had failed in the dark days of snooker before the television boom, unable to support itself by the profits from a bar. The hall had lain empty for a year before being taken over by the council, who were now happy to rent it at a very reasonable rate to local organisations.
“Reawaken to the Lord” was the slogan on the banner which now covered the fading red letters of the old sign.MoreLess
The building had once proudly billed itself as the Temperance Billiard Hall, and the fading letters of the ti...tle were still faintly visible over the entrance. The venture had failed in the dark days of snooker before the television boom, unable to support itself by the profits from a bar. The hall had lain empty for a year before being taken over by the council, who were now happy to rent it at a very reasonable rate to local organisations.
“Reawaken to the Lord” was the slogan on the banner which now covered the fading red letters of the old sign.MoreLess
Read book An Unsuitable Death for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
User Reviews: