Its place, a favourite for two years, was now dried out, and the mud under it had become a wizened mosaic so it could no longer wade there and hunt. It had not fed for three days, but the bird was a creature of close-governed habits and its instincts preserved its loyalty to that place. Hunger dr...
You hate yourself and everyone else.’ Rain whipped the windows and leaves were battered off the trees. Water streamed from the gutters. If Jonno didn’t listen to Sparky he was back on family holidays, in rented cottages near the Devon coast, the rain falling, the wind hammering and board games ou...
. . You have allowed one of your officers to be manipulated by the police ... I wouldn't have thought the police will be greatly concerned with young Ferris once they've bled him for what he's worth to them. They'll drop him like he never existed.' `That's rather bold, Billy.' `Do you like what h...
He drove himself at the knot of people that had formed a defensive wall round the Underground ticket machine, reaching out through their bodies with his money for the slot, only to be swept back as the crowd formed its own queue out of the rabble. It took him fifteen seconds more than two minutes...
It's pretty strange." "You've spoken to Mrs Furniss?" "Had a few words with her, thank you. Woke her up at first light, poor thing, but she was in good form . . . Flapping a bit, but don't they all?" "There's grand news through from the medics. A very good bill of health, no bugs." "I just feel a...
Gord woke. The dream was of rotted flesh and the wheelbarrows of decayed bodies and shovels that scraped up the flesh and the bodies. The dream was of the fire that hissed, sparkled, as the flesh and bodies of the salmon were swung by the shovels onto the pyre. The flesh and bodies of the salmon ...
They went fast over flat, open ground. If they looked for cover, went forward at a crawl, they would not make their schedule. If he had not believed in her, he would have turned. The route, Omar leading and Gus a pace behind, would take them in a great arcing circuit around the city’s lights. Goi...
It’s merciless and for high stakes. “The end justifies the means.” Our sort of language at Gough, Danny.’ They were on a wide street on a hill with busy traffic. They had crossed the road – Bentinick walked straight across, looking neither right nor left, ignoring horns – and stopped a few yards ...
and hobbl His feet were blistered from a long day's walking; the deep bath and the salts in it hadn't the pain. lessened ttelbaum had walked, the previous day, right round the Tower Duane Li of London the Jewel Tower, the White Tower, Traitor's Arch, the square where the state's enemies had been ...