She was still in a floral housecoat and curlers. She screamed again. Faces appeared at windows up and down Cruden Street. Barefoot guttersnipes, anxious not to miss anything, came scampering up the terrace. “What’s happened?” The old woman, eyes wide with terror, opened her toothless mouth to scr...
Percy slid him out of the fridge. Johnny immediately sat up, the sheet falling off him, and wiped his mouth vigorously. Blast! His fingers were smeared with make-up. “It’s only water,” said Hughes, trying not to laugh. “Opening the door always causes a bit of a thaw.” “But what was thawing? That’...
