Dangerous Games
“He had been late for the meeting in the Drum and Monkey – which was unusual for him. And he had offered no explanation for his tardiness, which was quite out of character. So just what was his game?
The chief inspector drained his pint, looked around to make sure that the rest of the team had almost finished their own drinks, and signalled to the waiter to bring a fresh round.
He had a surprise up his sleeve, Paniatowski decided, and he was holding it back until just the right moment, when he would produce it with great flourish, in much the same way as music hall magicians used to produce rabbits from their hats. It wasn’t a game Woodend played very often – he normally liked to keep his team completely up to date with developments – but on the few occasions when he was tempted, he played it for the maximum effect, and Paniatowski couldn’t help wondering just what this particular rabbit would be.
The drinks arrived, and Woodend took a healthy slurp of his pint of bitter. ‘The uniforme...d branch have been able to establish no link between Pugh an’ the bookies, but given what we’ve learned since we started playin’ around with that theory, it doesn’t come as much of a shock,’ he began.MoreLess
The chief inspector drained his pint, looked around to make sure that the rest of the team had almost finished their own drinks, and signalled to the waiter to bring a fresh round.
He had a surprise up his sleeve, Paniatowski decided, and he was holding it back until just the right moment, when he would produce it with great flourish, in much the same way as music hall magicians used to produce rabbits from their hats. It wasn’t a game Woodend played very often – he normally liked to keep his team completely up to date with developments – but on the few occasions when he was tempted, he played it for the maximum effect, and Paniatowski couldn’t help wondering just what this particular rabbit would be.
The drinks arrived, and Woodend took a healthy slurp of his pint of bitter. ‘The uniforme...d branch have been able to establish no link between Pugh an’ the bookies, but given what we’ve learned since we started playin’ around with that theory, it doesn’t come as much of a shock,’ he began.MoreLess
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