The Diamond Brothers in the French Confection & the Greek Who Stole Christmas by Anthony Horowitz

Author:Anthony Horowitz [Horowitz, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781406371338
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2016-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

“You always keep your clients waiting outside?” he demanded as he came in and took a chair.

“We were filing,” Tim explained.

He looked around. “I don’t see no filing cabinets.” He spoke like an American but he wasn’t one. He was just someone who spent too much time on planes.

“We were filing our nails,” I said.

He helped himself to one of Tim’s business cards from the desk. “Are you Tim Diamond?”

“Yeah. That’s me.” Tim narrowed his eyes. He always does that when he’s trying to look serious. Unfortunately it just makes him look short-sighted. “I’m a private eye.”

“I know,” the man growled. “That’s why I’m here. My name is Jake Hammill and I want to hire you.”

“You want to hire me?” Tim couldn’t believe it. He leant forward. “So what can I do for you, Mr Camel?”

“Not Jay Camel. I’m Jake Hammill. You want me to spell it for you?”

“N-O,” Tim said.

“I work in the music industry. As a matter of fact, I’m the manager of a woman who’s a very famous pop singer.”

Tim scowled. “If she’s so famous, how come I’ve never heard of her?”

“I haven’t told you her name yet.”

“Maybe it would help if you did.”

Hammill glanced at me. He was obviously suspicious. He turned back to Tim. “Can you keep a secret?” he asked.

“I’m not going to tell you,” Tim replied.

“All right.” Hammill nodded. “Her name is Minerva.”

I have to admit, I was surprised. Hammill looked pretty small-time to me, but Minerva was one of the biggest names in the business. She was a multimillionaire pop singer and a movie actress. I doubted there was anyone in the world who hadn’t seen her music videos. She was the woman with the golden voice and the silver-plated breasts. Her clothes were outrageous – like the rest of her lifestyle. She had been born in Greece but now she lived most of the time in New York. The fact that she was visiting London had made the front page of every newspaper … even the Financial Times.

“The thing is,” Hammill said, “I’ve got a serious problem…” He twisted his signet ring nervously around his finger like he was trying to take it off. “Listen to me,” he went on. “Minerva has been invited over here for Christmas. Tomorrow she’s turning on the Christmas lights in Regent Street. And on Thursday at midday she’s opening the Santa Claus grotto at Harrods department store in Knightsbridge. There’s going to be a lot of press. A lot of TV. It’s great publicity. But this is the problem…” He drew a breath. “I think she’s in danger.”

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