"Littleford, Clare - Death Duty" - читать интересную книгу автора (Littleford Clare)

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To Brian and Kath

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Luigi Bonomi, Kate Lyall Grant, Helen Jayne Price,
Stephan Collishaw, Taymar Ingram.

One

I didn't know what he hit me with. Something hard, that's all, something
hard against the back of my head and then lights out, I hit the floor.
I felt myself hit the floor, felt the ridged cord carpet stinging my
hands, and my cheekbone hitting the ridges, and the sharp rebound of my
head. It was dark, as if I'd gone blind in that instant, but I knew he
was still standing over me, I knew he was still hitting me, even though
I couldn't feel it.

I opened my eyes. A thin, angular face leaning over me, young, Asian,