by Mark Timlin
When the appointed hour arrived, she scanned the street for Mark's car but, of course, it didn't appear.
She stayed there for an hour, pacing the street and smoking, but there was still no sign of him. 'Damn him,' she whispered to herself, as she added another filtertip to the ones flattened in the gutter around her feet. 'Damn him to hell.' She tried his mobile but it was switched off. She didn't leave a message.
As the shadows started to lengthen and Luke complained that he wanted to go to the toilet, she finally climbed back into the truck and switched on the engine. 'Are we going on holiday, Mummy?' the boy asked as she slowly drove away, still hoping that Mark would miraculously appear and smile the smile she loved and take her gently in his arms and promise her that everything was all right and that they were together forever this time.
'I don't think so, darling,' Linda replied, as she tried to see through the tears that filled her eyes. 'We'll go another day.'
And with that, she pointed the car in the direction of home.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Timlin is the author of the Nick Sharman PI novels, which were filmed for ITV, starring Clive Owen. In a former rock 'n' roll life, Timlin was a roadie for T Rex and The Who, and he ran a small and quite seedy music venue in Clapham, before turning to writing. His primary reason for picking up the pen was because he knew he could do a better job than most crime writers of the time. He wrote his first novel in 1988 and since then has written several dozen, in various genres and under assorted names. Known as the 'bad boy of crime fiction', Timlin has partly redeemed himself by becoming a major critical voice through his regular crime fiction reviews in the Independent on Sunday.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
