The Widow Killer by Pavel Kohout

Author:Pavel Kohout [Kohout, Pavel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Murder, Serial Killers, Thrillers & Suspense, Crime, Suspense, Historical, Thrillers, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense
ISBN: 0312252897
Amazon: B003J5UIYG
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998-01-01T11:00:00+00:00

He kept running, even when he rattled and gasped for breath and his blood threatened to burst his arteries; he swerved from street to street, always heading downward, seeing no one behind him, meeting no one, and still in the back of his mind loomed the fear that they would catch him. Idiot, I’m an idiot! The words echoed in his ears, idiot, idiot, IDIOT!

Why didn’t the whore’s walk tip him off, that strange walk, too slow for such a young woman; why didn’t the location of the house, that street ending in a steep craggy slope, make him think twice; why didn’t the unlocked door and the way she called “come in” warn him off?

Half a dozen chickens in his roaster had spoiled him, made him overconfident; without a moment’s hesitation he’d walked in, convinced this would be the easiest catch of all—and meanwhile he’d practically put his head under the blade!

When he finally looked into her face from the kitchen threshold, he realized immediately she’d been waiting for him, that she must have known, that she’d led him here TO BE TRAPPED! Then it happened again: He froze, seized up, and turned to stone in the kitchen doorway, knowing their strong hands were about to grab him.

He knew that DEATH HAD COME for him, and just like the last time, when the grenades had fallen all around him, he felt anger seeping into his fear. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED, MOTHER?

Then a miracle happened.

Fear crept into her eyes, the sort he was used to seeing.

Their plan had clearly gone wrong.. . .

“He’s here,” she screamed, “he’s here! Where are you?”

Instantly he came to, pulled his knife from the sheath, and sprang at her.

AT LEAST I’lL GET YOU!

She did better than he had counted on. As she fled around the table, she grabbed a porcelain vase with flowers in it and hurled it at the window with such force that it broke through both the inside and outside panes.

so THEY’RE WAITING OUTSIDE!

Before he dealt with them he had to silence her. Otherwise he wouldn’t be safe for long.

Don’t let her distract you! He leaped back to the kitchen doors, cutting off her escape, and stabbed her in the back. She fell instantly as if cut down.

ONE DOWN!

His brain was still working. From the kitchen door he spied a dark alcove under the stairs and nipped into it a fraction of a second before someone ran in off the street.

A moment later he spied the back of a man bent over the woman. The man’s right hand curled round a pistol. Time for a risky move.

As he jumped he swung wide and buried the long knife up to the hilt beneath the man’s left shoulder blade.

The other twisted around and in doing so almost pried open his hand; still, he managed to get the knife out of the man’s back and stab him a second time right in the heart.

TWO DOWN! WHAT NEXT?

He had no idea how many of them

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