Dead Gorgeous (A Mystery For D.I. Costello) - Plot & Excerpts
They waited a little longer, straining their ears for any sound from within. She had just lifted her hand to ring for the third time when they heard a key turning in the lock. They looked at each other. Locked from the inside, thought Angela. The door was pulled open to reveal a giant of a man with a close-cropped head, dressed in black jeans; his pristine white T-shirt stretched across powerful looking pectoral muscles. His unfriendly gaze moved slowly over each of them. Angela experienced a slight shiver. “I help you?” he asked in some unidentifiable accent. His words belied his expression; he didn’t look in the least as though he wanted to help them. “I hope you can,” began Angela in a businesslike tone. It was obvious the man’s mother tongue wasn’t English, but she decided not to speak slowly for him; she wanted the advantage. She held up her identification. “I’m Detective Inspector Angela Costello of the Metropolitan Police; this is Detective Chief Inspector Stanway and Detective Constable Leanne Dabrowska.
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