Lying Dead
“The furniture was cheap, chain-store stuff and the place showed signs of recent neglect, with dirty mugs and plates, empty crisp packets and full ashtrays littering the smeared and dusty surfaces. The vase of expensive-looking silk flowers in one corner, the only feminine touch, was out of keeping with the cheaply framed Manchester City posters on the walls. The woman had lived here for well over a year; did this lack of input suggest, Fleming wondered, that she only ever saw herself as passing... through?
Brewer himself, in jeans and a beige V-necked T-shirt, was looking better than when she had last seen him though he was still pale, with dark circles under his eyes. He was also pitiably nervous and Fleming could see his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down as he showed her in and asked her to sit down.
At least she could set his mind at rest. ‘Jeff, the first thing I have to tell you is that someone has been detained in Scotland on suspicion of murdering your girlfriend.’ He stared at her for a long moment as if she had spoken to him in a foreign language.MoreLess
Brewer himself, in jeans and a beige V-necked T-shirt, was looking better than when she had last seen him though he was still pale, with dark circles under his eyes. He was also pitiably nervous and Fleming could see his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down as he showed her in and asked her to sit down.
At least she could set his mind at rest. ‘Jeff, the first thing I have to tell you is that someone has been detained in Scotland on suspicion of murdering your girlfriend.’ He stared at her for a long moment as if she had spoken to him in a foreign language.MoreLess
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