The Cradle Will Fall by Clare Donoghue

Author:Clare Donoghue [Donoghue, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, General, Crime, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781509814855
Google: 82oZCwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B018UH1008
Publisher: Pan
Published: 2016-02-24T23:00:00+00:00

PROLOGUE

21 January – Tuesday

He licked his thumb and forefinger, closed his right eye and pushed the thread through the eye of the needle. He never used machines. They snagged the material, pulling and ripping at his treasures. If a section was damaged, nothing could be done. He had no access to more and besides, a secondary piece wouldn’t be the same. He looked down at his hands. His knuckles were red and chapped and his fingers were trembling. He needed to rest.

He climbed the stairs, walked into the bathroom, over to the sink, pulled on the shaving light and looked at his reflection. His hair stood up at odd angles. It looked almost sculpted. A chuckle rumbled in his throat but as it rose into his mouth it turned into a cough, hacking, tugging at his lungs. He turned and walked out, dragging his feet, aware of the stench wafting up from his body, his clothes, his hands.

His eyes felt heavy, his joints seeming to solidify as he made unsteady progress towards his bedroom at the back of the house. The rain was loud, the cold it brought seeping through the windows, chilling his bones. He stopped at the door to the spare room, pushed it open with the heel of his hand and looked in. His eyes drifted back and forth over colour, patterns, all different, all alive. It wouldn’t be long before he was ready.

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