{"id":17365,"date":"2021-06-06T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=17365"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:43:13","slug":"flight-of-magpies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17365","title":{"rendered":"Flight of Magpies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flight of Magpies<\/a><\/em> (2014) KJ Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stephen stuffed his hands in the pockets of the topcoat that Crane had insisted on buying him for this chilly winter. It had been a great deal more expensive than Stephen, who accepted gifts with startling gracelessness, had wanted; a great deal cheaper than Crane would have preferred; unsatisfactory to both.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry,\u201d Stephen mumbled in Crane\u2019s ear when at last they broke for breath. \u201cSo sorry. I was foul to you and I\u2019ve made such a mess of everything and you were right all along, about it all. You should be furious with me.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI am,\u201d Crane said against his neck. \u201cLivid. Can\u2019t stand the sight of you. Come here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is what accepting help means, Stephen, you have to let other people take risks too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hannaford and Greene had been recommended to him when he had started looking for the nastiest legal men in London. They performed every task with a dry, impersonal relish that put Crane in mind of a professional torturer at work, and their only ethical principle was not to leave a promise unfulfilled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : KJC Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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