Night Freight (Bill Pronzini) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. 45)

Don't be fooled by the touristy background descriptions in the following. What we have here is dark and deadly things lurking beneath an innocuous surface, like piranha in the seemingly placid waters of a lake. They're the sneaky sort, too, in that they may just continue to nibble for a while after you've had your taste of paradise. The tale's basic premise was given to me by a bookseller friend, who swears he met the real-life counterparts of the Archersons on a trip to England a few years ago. Art (if my fictional interpretation can be called that) imitates the seamier side of life, for a change.