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  1. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    I'm telling you the truth, Carol. Even though it's actually none of your business.'She half turned, found a smile from somewhere and said, 'You're quite right. It is none of my business. Till tomorrow Tony.
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  2. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    Tell you what, just to prove I'm not, I'll let you top tonight. You'll be in charge. I'll be the one with handcuffs on.'Carry on like this and you won't be wrong, Merrick thought to himself.
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  3. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    Attractive smile, Carol added to her list of particulars as she shook the hand.
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  4. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    What do you think, boy? is he just another lying bastard, or what?' 'Prrrt,' the cat said on a rising intonation, his eyes closed to slits. 'I thought you'd say that. I agree, I know how to pick them,
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  5. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    You always remember the first time. Isn't that what they say about sex? How much more true it is of murder.
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  6. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    He looked so vulnerable and fallible, his shoulders slumped, his head down, that Carol's impulses overrode the decision she'd taken only minutes before to play it cool. She stepped forward and pulled Tony into a tight hug. 'If anyone can do it, you can,' she whispered against his chin like a cat marking its territory.
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  7. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    She watched his pale, square hands on the map, the short almost stubby fingers, with their neatly trimmed nails and a sparse scattering of fine black hairs on the bottom section of each finger. Appalled, she felt a stirring of desire. You're pathetic as an adolescent, she savagely chided herself. Like a teenager who fancies the first teacher who says anything nice about your work. Grow up, Jordan!"
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  8. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    Around five-eight, slim, good shoulders, narrow hips, legs and trunk in proportion, short dark hair, side parting, dark eyes, probably blue, shadows under the eyes, fair skin, average nose, wide mouth, lower lip fuller than upper.
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  9. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    You know, I've often wondered. It's pretty clear what they were up to in Sodom, but what do you suppose the sin of Gomorrah was?' Carol asked.
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  10. Val McDermid _ The Mermaids Singing

    It's only hunting you that keeps me from being you.
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