The safe house by Nicci French

Author:Nicci French
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Physicians, Murder, Rape victims, Mystery & Detective, Fiction, Psychological, Women physicians, Attempted murder, Thrillers, General, Victims of crimes
ISBN: 9780141918426
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Published: 1998-07-09T07:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

‘Am I allowed in here?’

‘So long as you don’t try to do anything,’ Finn replied.

‘Don’t worry.’

My kitchen was like a mad scientist’s laboratory, steam and heat and mysterious clatters and hums. Everything was being used. On the hob a pan sizzled and the lid of a saucepan was shivering as vapour puffed over the rim. A bowl of water contained what looked like soggy leaves. The chicken breasts were in the oven. Finn was chopping something very quickly on a board, rat-a-tat-tat, like a snare-drum roll.

‘What I don’t understand,’ I said, ‘is the way you’re doing all the different bits at the same time. When I try to cook, I have to do one thing after another and even then I get it wrong.’

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