Black & Blue: Bookshots (Detective Harriet Blue Series)
“She was even shorter than me, and peered out angrily from the crack in the door. When she saw Tox, she started to close it again. My boot was in the way.
‘We’re lookin’ for Hope Stallwood.’ ‘What do you want? The drugs!’ the woman howled. ‘The drugs, they ruin all of you! She’s not here. That whore! She took her drugs and she’s gone!’ Tox shoved the door open, almost knocking the woman over. We found ourselves in a tiny, filthy kitchen. My boots stuck to the linoleum.
‘I’ll call the police!’ ‘W...e’re the police,’ I said. ‘Sit down. Tell us where Hope went.’ ‘You’re the pimps! Pimps with the drugs! Rotten drug dealers! I’ll call the police!’ A young couple had appeared in the doorway to a short hall. I walked past them into a labyrinth of tight rooms divided into smaller rooms by hanging sheets. There were mattresses on the floor everywhere. Aluminium foil on the windows. Everything reeked of cigarette smoke and curry powder. A baby cried somewhere.MoreLess
‘We’re lookin’ for Hope Stallwood.’ ‘What do you want? The drugs!’ the woman howled. ‘The drugs, they ruin all of you! She’s not here. That whore! She took her drugs and she’s gone!’ Tox shoved the door open, almost knocking the woman over. We found ourselves in a tiny, filthy kitchen. My boots stuck to the linoleum.
‘I’ll call the police!’ ‘W...e’re the police,’ I said. ‘Sit down. Tell us where Hope went.’ ‘You’re the pimps! Pimps with the drugs! Rotten drug dealers! I’ll call the police!’ A young couple had appeared in the doorway to a short hall. I walked past them into a labyrinth of tight rooms divided into smaller rooms by hanging sheets. There were mattresses on the floor everywhere. Aluminium foil on the windows. Everything reeked of cigarette smoke and curry powder. A baby cried somewhere.MoreLess
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