Название: Bones and Silence
Автор: Reginald Hill
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Зарубежные детективы
isbn: 9780007370283
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‘Why?’
‘Well, she wouldn’t choose the Python, not unless she was planning to blow somebody away. It’s big and it’s heavy and it takes the .357 Magnum cartridge which is a danger to people in the next room if you happen to miss. The Hammerli on the other hand is a specialized weapon, OK for punching holes in a target but not much else. It takes one .22 rimfire cartridge at a time and it’s got a hair trigger, not the kind of thing you carry in your pocket. Why do you ask?’
‘The curiosity of an idle mind,’ smiled Pascoe.
He took a last look at the array of dully gleaming guns in their padlocked cabinets.
‘See anything you fancy?’ inquired Mitchell. ‘We’ve always room for law officers at the MYGC.’
‘I was just wondering how many rifles make a good ploughshare,’ said Pascoe. And went in search of Seymour.
He found the redhead in conclave with a wizened woman of indeterminate years. The wide amiable smile had vanished but not before it had been all too effective if Pascoe read truly the desperate grimace which greeted his appearance.
With difficulty breaking free from a grip like the mummy’s hand, Seymour stood up, took a brief farewell, and followed his chief out to the car park.
‘Bernadette would not like it,’ said Pascoe judiciously.
‘Bernadette wouldn’t believe it,’ said Seymour. ‘I’m not sure I do.’
‘What did she say to you?’
‘I said, why was the place so empty. I expected to hear people banging away all over the shop. And she said they didn’t open till evenings on a Tuesday, but as for banging away, we could soon alter that if I liked …’
‘Seymour, you’ll die of an over-active double entendre one of these days,’ sighed Pascoe. ‘But I’m not interested in your foreplay. I meant, what did she say that might interest us?’
‘Her name’s Mrs Martin. Babs to her friends. She’s in charge of the kitchen,’ said Seymour. ‘There’s a hatch from the kitchen into the members’ lounge. I doubt if there’s much said in there that she doesn’t hear.’
They got into Pascoe’s car. He started the engine and pointed it back towards the centre of town.
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