Dangerous by Moonlight by Leslie Thomas

Author:Leslie Thomas [Thomas, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crime, fiction, Humour, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Traditional
ISBN: 9781446472248
Google: eYc58Pu5NgEC
Amazon: 0099421704
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 1998-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

The sleepy cloakroom attendant helped Davies on with his coat, assisting him to remain upright as he did so. Michelle had collected her tatty fur but had insisted on putting it on herself and had done so back to front. As they went out towards the main exit, where the attendant eyed them apprehensively, Davies put his hand into his overcoat pocket and detected an unfamiliar object which he privately extracted. It was small and soft and turned out to be the dusty dead mouse which he had picked up from the window sill in the corridor outside Pengelly Associates. He blinked at it in the palm of his hand and then, with a guilty glance around the lobby, placed it on a brass tray on an ornamental table. ‘Sleep well,’ he said quietly to the mouse. It looked out of context there, however, and he imagined it would end up inside a dustpan so he retrieved it and put it back in his pocket.

In the taxi he showed Michelle the mouse. She produced a bottle of brandy, half-full, from the folds of her coat and two glasses from the pockets. ‘Couldn’t get the proper glasses,’ she apologised hazily.

‘Where did you obtain it?’ he asked squeezing his eyes at the bottle.

‘It … Well, it sort of became attached to my hand as we left. They won’t miss it. We paid enough.’ She cuddled fatly into him. She had told the driver where to go and the lit and deserted streets travelled by the window. Davies tried to focus on the buildings but could not. ‘You’re ever so nice, you know,’ she confided. ‘For an Income Tax man.’ Her big face worked reflectively. ‘Fancy her going off with a bloke from Ipswich.’

‘Who was that?’ he inquired blearily.

‘Your wife.’

‘Oh, that Ipswich,’ he said trying to remember the lie in full. ‘Well, she was no loss. I’m better off on my own.’

‘You are now,’ she gushed. ‘Now you’re with me.’ She attempted to embrace him extravagantly but with a soft groan slid onto the floor of the cab. She was too heavy to retrieve so she remained propped up there for the rest of the journey. He poured the brandy lavishly and handed it down to her.

He had no idea where they arrived. Nor did he remember its location later. It was a house in a terrace with a single light behind curtains in the bedroom. ‘I always have that on,’ she mumbled as they stumbled towards the door and she attempted to lift her keys from her handbag. ‘It lights me home.’ The contents of the bag spilled on the pavement and they spent some minutes trying to collect them. A lipstick had rolled into the gutter and was the last object to be found. A window opened along the street and a voice shouted for them to shut up since he had to go to work.

‘It’s a bleeding change then!’ Michelle bellowed back uncompromisingly. She completed restoring her goods to her handbag.

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