The Blind Man of Seville. Robert Thomas Wilson
Читать онлайн.| Название | The Blind Man of Seville |
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| Автор произведения | Robert Thomas Wilson |
| Жанр | Ужасы и Мистика |
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| Издательство | Ужасы и Мистика |
| Год выпуска | 0 |
| isbn | 9780007378296 |
ROBERT WILSON
The Blind Man of Seville
For Jane and Mick and José
Contents
Praise for The Blind Man of Seville
A Small Death in Lisbon Robert Wilson
Instruments of Darkness Robert Wilson
A Darkening Stain Robert Wilson
The Company of Strangers Robert Wilson
The Blind Man of Seville Robert Wilson
The Silent and the Damned Robert Wilson
Thursday, 12th April 2001, Edificio Presidente, Los Remedios, Seville
It had started the moment he’d walked into that room and had seen that face.
The call had come at 8.15 a.m. just as he was preparing to leave home — one dead body, suspected murder and the address.
Semana Santa. It was only right that there should be at least one murder in Holy Week; not that it would have any effect on the crowds of people following the daily convergence of quivering Holy Virgins on board their floats en route to the cathedral.
He eased his car out of the massive house that had belonged to his father on Calle Bailén. The tyres rattled on the cobbles of the empty, narrow streets. The city, reluctant to wake up at any time of year, was especially silent at this hour during Semana Santa. He entered the square in front of the Museo de Bellas Artes. The whitewashed houses, framed in ochre were silent behind the high palms, the two colossal rubber trees and the tall jacarandas, which had not yet flowered. He opened his window to the morning still fresh from last night’s dew and drove down to the Guadalquivir River and the avenue of trees along the Paseo de Cristóbal Colón. He thought he might be approaching contentment as he passed by the red doors of the Puerta del Príncipe in the baroque façade of the Plaza de Toros,