To Dream of the Dead
“The cusp of lighting-up time. Bliss was back on the fringe of Phase Two. Still no signs of life in Furneaux’s house, but the Christmas tree was twinkling in Gyles Banks-Jones’s front window, shadows moving behind it.
Fearful shadows, with any luck.
‘And what if he checks me out?’ Karen said. ‘How do I explain my interest? And, more to the point, how do I explain why I haven’t just asked Howe?’ Bliss thought about it. Problem was, the DCI babysitting the Lasky case for Howe . . . he didn’t know ...this feller at all. Came in from Droitwich a month or two ago. Bliss wasn’t sure he’d even been to Droitwich, and a new DCI with Howe to answer to would be wearing belt, braces and two pairs of underpants.
‘All right, tell him the truth.’ ‘Which version of the truth is that?’ ‘Tell him it’s a long shot. Tell him that although we’ve gorra man well in the frame for Ayling we’re covering our arses and we’d like to compare wounds just in case. Tell him you’ve been trying to get hold of Annie for the last hour, without success.MoreLess
Fearful shadows, with any luck.
‘And what if he checks me out?’ Karen said. ‘How do I explain my interest? And, more to the point, how do I explain why I haven’t just asked Howe?’ Bliss thought about it. Problem was, the DCI babysitting the Lasky case for Howe . . . he didn’t know ...this feller at all. Came in from Droitwich a month or two ago. Bliss wasn’t sure he’d even been to Droitwich, and a new DCI with Howe to answer to would be wearing belt, braces and two pairs of underpants.
‘All right, tell him the truth.’ ‘Which version of the truth is that?’ ‘Tell him it’s a long shot. Tell him that although we’ve gorra man well in the frame for Ayling we’re covering our arses and we’d like to compare wounds just in case. Tell him you’ve been trying to get hold of Annie for the last hour, without success.MoreLess
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