The Hanging Garden (Inspector Rebus Novels) by Rankin Ian

Author:Rankin, Ian [Rankin, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

She was in her office at the French Department, marking scripts. She sat at a big desk in front of the window, but moved from this to a coffee-table with half a dozen chairs arranged around it.

“Sit down,” she said. Rebus sat down.

“I got your message,” he told her.

“Hardly matters now, does it? The man’s dead.”

“I know you spoke with him, Kirstin.”

She glanced towards him. “I’m sorry?”

“You waited for him outside his house. Did the two of you have a nice chat?”

Colour had risen to her cheeks. She crossed her legs, tugged the hem of her skirt towards her knee. “Yes,” she said at last, “I went to his house.”

“Why?”

“Because I wanted to see him close up.” Her eyes were on his now, challenging him. “I thought maybe I could tell from his face ... the look in his eyes. Maybe something in his tone of voice.”

“And could you?”

She shook her head. “Not a damned thing. No window to the soul.”

“What did you say to him?”

“I told him who I was.”

“Any reaction?”

“Yes.” She folded her arms. “His words: ‘My dear lady, will you kindly piss off.’ “

“And did you?”

“Yes. Because I knew then. Not whether he was Linzstek or not, but something else.”

“What?”

“That he was at the end of his tether.” She was nodding. “Absolutely at breaking point.” She looked at Rebus again. ‘‘And capable of anything.”

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