The Other Alice by Michelle Harrison

Author:Michelle Harrison [Harrison, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781471124280
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Piper blew out a long breath, looking stumped. ‘You actually reckon anyone’s gonna get that?’

‘It’s perfectly solvable,’ she replied. ‘You haven’t even tried.’

‘Wouldn’t know where to start,’ he retorted.

I stayed quiet, thinking. I had a better chance of solving this than anyone, if I could get it straight in my head. It was more difficult than Alice’s other riddles, but she’d taught me how to make them up and how to pick them apart. I just needed time, but I was determined to solve it. If the cat could save lives, then I wanted her on my side. I shivered, recalling Alice’s words as she’d described Ramblebrook and Dolly.

They’re dangerous, and crazy . . .

Alice had always had a talent for writing sinister characters. In the past, it was something I’d enjoyed. I’d even egged her on. The nastier the better. Now everything had changed. There was no option to stop reading, or to put the story down. It was happening and the characters were here. And one of them, at least, had killed before.

Yes, I decided. I needed to become the cat’s master all right.

I took a final look back at the house as we turned out of Cuckoo Lane. Our ordinary little home where, until now, we’d lived ordinary lives. Where, up in her attic room, my sister had written extraordinary tales. And now I was walking along with a make-believe boy and a make-believe girl, and a make-believe cat who was strutting beside us with its tail in the air.

I glanced at Gypsy. She was staring at the ground. For the first time, I realised no one had asked her if she minded the cat coming with us, on to her boat. She hadn’t made any objections, but she’d seemed uncomfortable having the cat around. You shouldn’t keep these cats, she’d said. You can get into a lot of trouble . . .

One of the fortune cards had been a black cat. What did it mean? Was it lucky, or unlucky? Or did it just depend on what you already believed?

I decided I was going to have a good look at those cards later, once Gypsy and Piper and the cat were asleep. A very good look indeed.

I needed to figure out exactly what Alice had been doing with them.

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