Silent (but Deadly) Night by Jo Nesbo

Author:Jo Nesbo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

“Gunnar,” Mr. Fu Manchu whispered to Mr. Handlebar, “we’re going to have to negotiate with Mr. Thrane so nothing terrible happens here.”

“I suppose you’re right about that, Rolf.”

“Then we concur. Why don’t you start?”

“Right. I’ll use police negotiating tactics to convince Mr. Thrane not to . . .”

“Maybe you should get started on that before it’s too late, Gunnar.”

“Once again we concur.” Mr. Handlebar cleared his throat. “My dear sir! Dear, dear Mr. Thrane, don’t shoot. I beseech you on my knees, I . . .”

“Three!” Mr. Thrane carefully squeezed the trigger, because he had to admit he was dreading the bang a little. And while he was squeezing, he realized some kind of light had come on in the taxidermied animal’s eyes.

“Cuckoo!”

The orange head on the front of the sleigh came speeding toward Mr. Thrane on a long, spotted neck, its jaws wide open and its shiny, white vampire teeth gleaming.

“Bleargh!” Mr. Thrane screamed.

The jaws clamped shut around his shotgun and yanked it out of his hands. The long neck lurched, launching the shotgun into the yard, where it disappeared pretty noiselessly in the snow.

“Hey, you taxidermied animal! That, what you just did there, is also not permitted under the statutes . . . ,” Mr. Fu Manchu began.

“Cuckoo,” the vampire giraffe said, and snatched the policeman’s hat off his head and tossed it onto the roof.

“No, now this is going too far!” Mr. Handlebar said. “On the roof?!”

“Cuckoo! Cuckoo!”

Mr. Thrane, Truls, Trym, the two policemen, and all the children who were members of Christmas hit the deck as the long neck with the giraffe head on it darted out over them. When they dared to peek up again, they saw only snow swirling behind the giraffe and the three people sitting on its back. And an instant later it vanished into the darkness.

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