I got his breezy agreement that we had a big story. Almost as big as the one he himself claimed to be unravelling about the savage death of Alec Morton. Not that he was ready to share the details yet . . . Come closing time, Wullie and I fell out of Ross’s, did the usual hand-clasping brothers-in...
I knew when men were trying it on. This was no bluff. ‘Leave it to me,’ I said with more hope than knowledge. I jogged up the stairs, level by level, until I was breathing heavily on the top landing. I looked up at the open skylight. The rectangle was now grey and would be lightening fast. I coul...
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But somehow I thought not. Onslow Square was the right sort of stamping ground for a girl like Kate Graveney. I imagined the square was especially beautiful in summer, with the trees shading and defending the central private park, and the tall Georgian house fronts gazing down snootily at plebs l...
It was barely nine. She was preparing for the afternoon session. ‘You’re mad, Douglas! What are you going to do, just waltz in to this bar and ask about their arrangements for escaped Nazis?’ ‘Sort of. I’ve got Collins out looking for old clothes. German clothes. And a boat.’ ‘A boat! You’re goin...
The notion raised mixed emotions: she was easy on the eye but hard on the brain; the sort of feisty girl that attracts men like moths to a candle, often with the same tragic ending. A woman who can provoke thoughts of murder or suicide. Sometimes both. As I lay there gathering my wits I ran a qui...