“Not because he wouldn’t have cared if it was pinched. Or because the area had an unparalleled neighborhood watch program. But because it didn’t need to.The good people of Portsea were more likely to make a steal as doctors or lawyers or footballers than to steal a dilapidated tradesman’s car For Portsea was the land of highbrush-wood fences and vast homes with purely ornamental tennis courts and architecturally designed swimming pools posturing magnificently on the tip of the Mornington Peninsu...la.Tom hitched his tool belt higher on his hips, threw a pink pillowcase full of old rags over his shoulder and strode through one such brushwood gate graced with the word “Belvedere” burnt into a lump of moss-covered wood.From the top of the dipping dirt driveway he caught glimpses of white wood and a slate-grey tiled roof, which was not an unusual combination for a house by the beach. “What was unusual was that, unlike other properties in Portsea, Belvedere wasn’t manicured to within an inch of its life.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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