Water of Death (2012)
“He’d be tied up in the Council meeting for a couple of hours. By the time he was back at his desk in the castle I’d have checked the dead man’s DM file in peace.
I cadged a bottle of water from a guardsman and crossed the street. Through the window I could see the storeman Angus Drem in a chair, his shoulders in a state of collapse and his face drenched in sweat. I tapped on the pane and signalled to Davie to suspend operations.
“What’s the story then?” I asked when he joined me.
“Standard bott...om-feeding Supply Directorate lowlife.” Davie grinned. “I’m ninety-nine per cent sure he’s coming clean with me.”
“So what have you got?” I emptied the waterbottle. “Did he knock around with the dead man?”
Davie shook his head. “Says not. He shared the odd bottle with him but nothing more than that. He says Frankie Thomson was a tight bugger. He didn’t say much even when he was pissed. Drem reckoned there was more to Frankie Thomson than he was letting on, but he could never get him to talk about himself.”MoreLess
I cadged a bottle of water from a guardsman and crossed the street. Through the window I could see the storeman Angus Drem in a chair, his shoulders in a state of collapse and his face drenched in sweat. I tapped on the pane and signalled to Davie to suspend operations.
“What’s the story then?” I asked when he joined me.
“Standard bott...om-feeding Supply Directorate lowlife.” Davie grinned. “I’m ninety-nine per cent sure he’s coming clean with me.”
“So what have you got?” I emptied the waterbottle. “Did he knock around with the dead man?”
Davie shook his head. “Says not. He shared the odd bottle with him but nothing more than that. He says Frankie Thomson was a tight bugger. He didn’t say much even when he was pissed. Drem reckoned there was more to Frankie Thomson than he was letting on, but he could never get him to talk about himself.”MoreLess
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