The Search
“He studied these, trying to find one that he hadn’t read, and as he walked along the shelves, watched by a man who rocked gently in a chair while he read the Racing Page of the Australian he tried to assemble in his mind the details he had discovered. In the first place he had been told by two separate people, Douglas and Morton, that his brother had been in Sydney. It seemed plausible to assume that he was still there, though on the other hand it was odd that the Salvation Army could find no t...race of him. But he had also to remember that both his informants didn’t seem the most trustworthy of people: in fact both might be lying for some mysterious reason of their own. It was all very strange and opaque, as opaque as the dusty window of the shop in which he was at that moment standing.
As he leafed through a book by Ellery Queen — one from the great period which he had already read — it occurred to him that he was himself taking part in a mystery in a manner of speaking. He felt himself at the centre of a devious intrigue which he was not equipped to unravel.MoreLess
As he leafed through a book by Ellery Queen — one from the great period which he had already read — it occurred to him that he was himself taking part in a mystery in a manner of speaking. He felt himself at the centre of a devious intrigue which he was not equipped to unravel.MoreLess
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