A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar: A Novel by Suzanne Joinson

Author:Suzanne Joinson [Joinson, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781608198337
Amazon: 1608198332
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

Frieda returned with the fish and chips and a bottle of white wine. She poured each of them half a beaker-full and began to talk as she ate. She told him about the letter, about Irene Guy’s death and the flat, as much as she knew.

‘Hmm, what a mystery,’ he said, as he gently worked at pulling off the orange batter from the cod.

‘I know. At first I thought it was a mistake, but now I’m not so sure. I asked my dad; he said I should talk to my mum.’

‘Have you done this?’ Tayeb asked.

‘It’s not that easy. My mum abandoned me years ago.’ She said it lightly.

‘Oh.’

‘Would you like a glass of water?’ She got up and moved to the sink.

‘No thank you.’

‘I wonder who she was,’ Frieda said, looking round at the belongings in the kitchen. ‘An explorer, perhaps?’

‘A traveller? She was quite educated, I think,’ Tayeb said. ‘Whoever lived here had taste in books. A surprising range. Texts on Sufism and Afghan literature. I am amazed to see a book on pre-Islamic Arabic poetry.’

‘It looks as if she could speak several languages. She was obviously clever.’

‘Do you think I can smoke in here?’

Frieda paused, looked around. ‘I don’t see why not.’

Frieda’s phone on the table in front of them flashed. She took no notice. It flashed again. Then a third time.

‘Someone is really trying to reach you,’ he said, but she ignored him.

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