The Skeleton Man (2007)
The Skeleton Man
“Below, through the open bay window, umbrellas jostled. A bus reversed, grinding gears, while two shops along a parrot screeched from the covered cage hung outside a barber’s shop. The aroma of freshly ground coffee slipped into the room like a burglar.
Charlie Bracken, the paper’s news editor, sat behind a desk by the window exhibiting several signs of alcohol depriv ation. A splodge of sweat marred his unironed blue shirt and his eyes occasionally flitted towards the window and the comforting ...sight of The Fenman bar opposite.
‘You all right for time?’ he asked Dryden, wasting more of it.
‘Sure. I’m nearly there. I need to make a couple of last calls.’ Charlie nodded, running copy up and down his PC screen without reading a word.
Dryden considered the intro for the last time, knowing it was the front-page splash for the Express. The paper’s circulation was limited to Ely and the villages of the isle, and was a step downmarket of The Crow’s county readership. The Jude’s Ferry story would go at the foot of the tabloid front, with another story inside on the wayward bombardment of the village, with Dryden’s pictures from Whittlesea Mere.MoreLess
Charlie Bracken, the paper’s news editor, sat behind a desk by the window exhibiting several signs of alcohol depriv ation. A splodge of sweat marred his unironed blue shirt and his eyes occasionally flitted towards the window and the comforting ...sight of The Fenman bar opposite.
‘You all right for time?’ he asked Dryden, wasting more of it.
‘Sure. I’m nearly there. I need to make a couple of last calls.’ Charlie nodded, running copy up and down his PC screen without reading a word.
Dryden considered the intro for the last time, knowing it was the front-page splash for the Express. The paper’s circulation was limited to Ely and the villages of the isle, and was a step downmarket of The Crow’s county readership. The Jude’s Ferry story would go at the foot of the tabloid front, with another story inside on the wayward bombardment of the village, with Dryden’s pictures from Whittlesea Mere.MoreLess
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