Gently By the Shore

Authors: Hunter, Alan

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“Gently had come to a standstill. His case was bogging down. He had pushed it up the hill with his bulky shoulder until he was in hailing distance of the top and now, with the deceptive vision of arrests and charges dead ahead, he was stuck fast as though he had run into an invisible barrier. It was a sad sight, but not an unexpected one. The super had had a strong intuition all along that this was how it would wind up. Because he knew something about secret agents, did the super. He had come ac...ross them before in his long career and he could tell Gently, if Gently was harbouring any illusions, just how slippery these birds inevitably were … ‘You see, they plan their murders … that’s the vital difference between them and the ordinary homicide. They know what we’ll do and they take damn’ good care to protect themselves.’ Gently looked up from a large-scale map and smiled with an irony which the super was unable to appreciate. ‘In fact we’re … “faced with a planned execution, the details of which have been efficiently erased”.’ ‘Precisely.’ The super cast him a suspicious glance.MoreLess Read More Read Less