‘To Tough Guys With Soft Hearts’ ‘He didn’t like cops. His attitude had deep roots, and stemmed from spending his formative years dodging them, out-running them – usually – or being hassled by them when his...
Heddy Partridge was never my friend because I was pretty, popular, clever and blonde and my friends were pretty, popular, clever and generally blonde, too. Heddy Partridge was none of these things. Heddy was dark and lumpen, with heavy eyebrows and...
“When I count, there are only you and I together” She was a slight woman, pale, with two wings of dark hair which framed her face and gave it the faintly bird-like quality that characterised her person. Even at this distance of time...