Murder Against the Grain by Emma Lathen

Author:Emma Lathen [Lathen, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 9781614964841
Google: wU5TDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B075FJ5FTL
Publisher: SIMPLY MEDIA
Published: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

David Yates was nominally on duty at his office. But he had swiveled his chair around and rested his feet on the windowsill, so that he could gaze sightlessly out the window. Willard & Climpson paid an extravagant rental for that window because it embraced a wide view of the busy harbor.

Now, of course, the longshoremen’s strike had left the harbor moribund. The only sign of activity was from the sea gulls, swooping and squawking against the brilliant blue sky. Their outraged complaints rose and fell with melodic monotony. The strike had interfered with their way of life too, interrupting the steady supply of refuse that kept them sleek and shining.

David Yates was not thinking about sea gulls, but about David Yates. He was very pleased at the way things were going. The main thing was to keep it cool. Some people, of course, would say he was playing with fire. Well, there was nothing wrong with fire if you didn’t get burned. And the game was worth the candle, there was no doubt about that. In this life you had to decide early if you were going to go around half-dead because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Most men after all wanted the same things—Americans, Russians, Laplanders. They hated being tied down by suffocating routine, but most of them were afraid to take chances. Most men—

At this point in his reflections, a spasm of irritation crossed his face. Most men, yes. But women were different. They positively liked being tied down. Remorselessly, his thoughts turned to his fiancée, Dorothy. Dorothy wanted to be tied down, and the sooner the better. What a time for her to turn on the heat for an early wedding! Little did she know! Yates shrugged Dorothy aside and began to dream of distant lands.

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