TH03 - The Last Temptation by Val McDermid

Author:Val McDermid [McDermid, Val]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-28T05:24:18+00:00

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a woman who could have been the twin sister of the woman he’d adored, the conversation had lurched into the most dangerous of areas almost from the beginning. This woman who made his stomach churn and his skin turn clammy knew who he really was, knew what he really did. Either she had discovered enough about his business to comprehend exactly what he needed right now, or else this was another example of the eccentric serendipity that had brought Katerina’s double to his door in the first place. Either way, it was a set of circumstances so strange it turned on its head everything he knew about how the world worked.

He had no idea how he’d managed to hold it together during their subsequent conversation, only that he’d never felt so relieved as he had when that apparently interminable first interval had drawn to a close. He’d sat through the next act oblivious to the music, completely absorbed in the private drama that had unfolded in his immediate ambit. The tension in his body had made his muscles ache, but he hadn’t been able to take his eyes off her.

He’d studied every feature in her face, comparing it to the database of images stored in his head. On closer inspection, he had become aware of discrepancies. Of course, the hair was different. The long cornsilk of his lover’s hair was far more beautiful than the short, thick blonde crop of this stranger, though it was clearly as natural a shade as Katerina’s. Their profiles were subtly distinct in ways he couldn’t quite gauge. Katerina’s eyes had been a deep hyacinth blue, but even in the dim light of the theatre, he could see that Caroline’s were grey blue. Their mouths were different too. Katerina’s lips had been sensuous, full, beautifully shaped, appearing always to be on the point of a kiss. This Englishwoman had thinner lips, her mouth promising far less than Katerina had always delivered. But when Caroline smiled, the contrast had disappeared and

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