Not My Blood by Barbara Cleverly

Author:Barbara Cleverly [Cleverly, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Historical, Police Procedurals
ISBN: 9781616951559
Google: -B1IV7iBuGEC
Amazon: B007DY5SX0
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2012-08-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

The two men got to their feet.

“Steady on, sir!”

Gosling turned to him and Joe felt his elbow gripped by a large hand.

“He’s all right! He’s with Miss Joliffe. They’re right next door in the old morning room. Remember? You were quite happy to leave him in her care.” And, feeling Joe’s muscles tense: “I say, would you like me to go and check on Drummond? Sir!”

The response came at once, fast and brutal. With a yell and a thud, Gosling crashed to the floor, knees and chin grinding into the oak floorboards under the pressure of Joe’s knee in his back. An iron grip wrenched his right arm upwards, fingers closed around his neck probing for and finding a lethal pressure point. Gasping with terror, he signalled submission, banging frantically on the floor with his free left hand. In all his bouts, this resulted in instant release from a hold, a graceful recovery and an exchange of smiling bows.

The flapping hand was instantly trapped and crushed under the assistant commissioner’s left knee, and a voice grated in his ear: “No rules here. You lose consciousness in ten seconds. Where is he?”

“Told you! Next door!”

The pressure increased, and Gosling’s forehead clunked onto the floor.

“Clown! I’m not talking about Drummond. Where’s young Spielman?”

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