DJ's Bait in the Box # 13

[The pretty box belongs to Julia, A Piece of my Mind. If you have pretty tins or boxes, you are welcome to send a photo of them to me. They will be much appreciated.]

You haven´t forgotten this quite short British series which is not the one the author is best known for, have you?

“It was a relief to see that there was no need to wait. Bernie was dead. He lay slumped over the desk as if in an extremity of exhaustion. His right hand was half-clenched and an open cut-throat razor had slithered over the desk top leaving a trail of blood like a snail´s track and had come to rest precariously poised on the extreme edge of the desk. His left wrist, scored with two parallel cuts, lay palm upwards in the enamel bowl which she used for the washing-up.”

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Gæt en Bog # 13.
Du har vel ikke glemt denne korte, britiske serie, som ikke er den forfatteren er mest berømt for, vel?

“Det var en lettelse at se hun ikke behøvede at vente. Bernie var død. Han lå sammensunken ind over skrivebordet som i den yderste udmattelse. Hans højre hånd var halvvejs knyttet og en åben barberkniv var gledet hen over bordpladen efterladende sig en tynd stribe blod som sporet efter en snegl, hvorefter den usikkert havde lagt sig til hvile på den yderste kant af skrivebordet. Hans venstre håndled, mærket af to parallelle snit, lå med håndfladen opad i det emaljefad som hun plejede at vaske op i.”

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