The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards

Author:Martin Edwards [Edwards, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Mystery
ISBN: 9780749010263
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2010-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

‘I could murder a fry-up,’ DCI Fern Larter said as they exchanged a New Year embrace outside the steamed-up windows of the Beast Banks Breakfast Bar.

Hannah detached herself and fought to get her breath back. It was like being hugged by a pink elephant. Even allowing for a bulky winter jacket in a shade even more shocking than her latest henna hair dye, Fern seemed larger than ever.

‘Looks like you’ve been a serial offender over the holidays.’

‘Don’t be such a mean cow. My New Year’s resolution was to lose a stone in January.’

‘This is no time for recidivism.’

‘Sod off.’ Fern mopped her brow with her leather gauntlets; the climb had made her sweat as if it were the height of summer. ‘Life’s too short for guilt. I deserve a greasy-spoon breakfast after slogging up Beast Banks. See that patch of green over the road? They used to bait bulls there. Reckoned it improved the quality of the meat.’

‘You’re a mine of information.’

Fern’s was the first name chalked up on the police quiz team sheet. Her magpie mind accumulated vast quantities of useless information, along with a few nuggets that made her a formidable detective. She’d once told Hannah that William Wordsworth had been Collector of Stamps for Westmorland, and cringed when Hannah said she didn’t even know he was into philately.

‘There’s more. The butchers’ shops of Kendal were originally congregated around the corner in Old Shambles, but the site was too flat for the blood and offal to drain away. That’s why they built New Shambles on the slope by Finkle Street. For better drainage down to the river.’

‘Lovely. Still in the mood for breakfast?’

‘Lead me to it, I’m famished. God knows why we’re faffing around out here in the freezing cold when there’s food inside.’

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