The Dark Clouds Shining
David Downing
"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."
"The Harrow courtroom was in a shabby condition; like so much else it was still waiting for a postwar recovery."
"The bizarre laboratory of Professor Tsujikawa stood on top of a pillar towering at least nine metres high, as if competing with the surrounding keyaki trees which had lost their leaves."
"The troubles with binge drinking had always been manifold."
"There hadn't been a suicide note. The victim remains resolutely tight‑lipped, stone‑cold silent; the best and the worst witness of her end."
"Fiona glanced up and watched him. It was hard not to, she had to admit."
"It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you."
"No one imagined Steve Parker would ever do the deed, though his suicidal threats were well known to his entourage, and to the members of Pearl Harbor, who spent every day in his company."
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